{"id":868,"date":"2021-06-23T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/?post_type=news_stories&#038;p=868"},"modified":"2021-06-23T20:16:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:16:17","slug":"fesp-southab","status":"publish","type":"news_stories","link":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/news-stories\/fesp-southab\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Flames Foundation and KidSport team up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1600px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-868-1\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/FESP-partner-Twitter.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/FESP-partner-Twitter.mp4\">\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/FESP-partner-Twitter.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>For Immediate Release<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Wednesday, June 23, 2021<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b> Calgary Flames Foundation and KidSport team up to extend Flames EvenStrength Program into southern AB<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Calgary, AB \u2013 <\/b>The Calgary Flames Foundation are proud to announce extended support to KidSport for the extension of the Flames EvenStrength Program into southern Alberta communities. This occurs in conjunction with the open of registration for minor hockey and the Flames EvenStrength Program. <\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Flames EvenStrength Program was created in partnership with KidSport Calgary and Hockey <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Calgary in 1998. Since then over $3.2 million has been contributed to providing financial assistance to families to register for minor hockey. The Flames EvenStrength Program initiative helps to alleviate the cost of playing hockey for children in our community who face financial barriers to participating in organized sports. Since 1998 over 6,000 youth have been provided assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The extension of this program into southern Alberta will provide kids in communities such as Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Red Deer and more access to increased registration fees from KidSport and no cost hockey equipment through the Calgary Flames Sports Bank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s1\">KidSport assists kids from low income families into sport by paying registration fees to get them playing. With hockey being Canada\u2019s official winter sport, it makes it important for us to be able to help kids play,\u201d said Greg Ingalls, KidSport Alberta Executive Director. \u201cAs we get back to hockey post COVID-19 and registrations open across the province, this program will ensure that all kids are given that opportunity. We thank the Flames for their continued support and their interest in growing the EvenStrength Program across southern Alberta.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information and to register: <a href=\"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/calgary\/fesp\/\">https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/calgary\/fesp\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe extension of the Flames EvenStrength Program into southern Alberta is an important part of our communities\u2019 return to organized sport by removing barriers to participation,\u201d said Candice Goudie, Executive Director, Calgary Flames Foundation. \u201cThis program, in conjunction with support of the Hockey Alberta Foundation\u2019s Every Kid Every Community Program, is making hockey more accessible throughout southern Alberta communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Calgary Flames Foundation strives to improve the lives of southern Albertans through support of health and wellness, education and grassroots sports. Since the ownership group brought the team to Calgary in 1980 the Calgary Flames Foundation has injected over $50 million into southern Alberta<br \/>\ncommunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>-30-<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>For information contact:<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Peter Hanlon\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Vice President, Communications\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(403) 777-3684 (403) 777-3689<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"mailto:phanlon@calgaryflames.com\">phanlon@calgaryflames.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Candice Goudie<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director, Calgary Flames Foundation<\/p>\n<p>(403) 777-3689<\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s6\"><a href=\"mailto:cgoudie@calgaryflames.com\"><span class=\"s4\">cgoudie@calgaryflames.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Greg Ingalls <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Executive Director, KidSport Alberta <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">(403) 607-3875 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"mailto:gingalls@kidsport.ab.ca\">gingalls@kidsport.ab.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s5\"><b>www.calgaryflames.com<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read full release here: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/FESP-Extension-Press-Release-3.pdf\">FESP Extension Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":866,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[14],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Calgary Flames Foundation and KidSport team up - Alberta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/news-stories\/fesp-southab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Calgary Flames Foundation and KidSport team up - Alberta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Calgary Flames Foundation and KidSport team up to extend Flames EvenStrength Program into southern AB Calgary, AB \u2013 The Calgary Flames Foundation are proud to announce extended support to KidSport for the extension of the Flames EvenStrength Program into southern Alberta communities. 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