The Idea

HOCKEY HELPS KIDS IS A UNIQUE CONTEST WHICH SUPPORTS CHARITIES IN YOUR AREA

When Chloe and Harrison Katz set out to explore opportunities to make a difference in the community, they decided that there were two things they wanted to focus on: hockey and kids.

With that, the foundation of “Hockey Helps Kids” was born – an exciting new way to raise awareness and funds for a variety of local charities and strengthen the relationship between the Oilers and the community.

Not only do kids from around the city get the opportunity to learn the value of social responsibility and community outreach, they get to do so as part of the Oilers team.

How Does Hockey Helps Kids Work?

It’s as easy as three simple steps…

Build Your Team

Four participating schools each pair up with an Oilers player and then choose one local charity to form their team.

Get Your Votes

Each team develops a two-minute video outlining why its cause is worthy of fan votes and donations.

Fund Your Charity

The team with the most fan votes wins a prize of $25,000 for its charity (along with participation awards of $10,000 each for the three runners-up).

Charity Cup Challenge

The Charity Cup Challenge brings together school children from across Edmonton, local charities, and the Edmonton Oilers to work together to engage fans, drive awareness, and raise money for important causes. Here’s how it works.

Four Edmonton schools are selected and each paired up with a player from the Oilers. Together, each team chooses a charity to enter into the Hockey Helps Kids Charity Cup Challenge. Each team then competes for fan votes to win $25,000 from Hockey Helps Kids.

All four teams – each comprised of the kids, their partnering Oilers player, and selected charity – participate in the contest by driving votes and awareness of their charitable initiative by developing a two-minute video that is posted right here on the Hockey Helps Kids website and promoted at Oilers games.

Fans are encouraged to vote for their favourite team, as well as donate to those causes throughout the one-month Charity Cup Challenge, which will take place in January and February this year. Competition standings are updated right here as fan votes come in.

The team with the most votes for its charity at the end of the fan voting window is named the Charity Cup champion and wins a prize of $25,000 from Hockey Helps Kids for its charity. All three runner-up teams receive a participation award of $10,000 for their charity.