Fall has arrived and along with that comes the start of another hockey season. Many people in our community can appreciate the impact and the lifelong learning experiences an organized sport such as hockey can have on our children. There is no better example of this than the events happening this week in Dundas. The local community rallied behind the town in helping win Kraft Hockeyville this year and now the town is buzzing with excitement with the recent visit of the Stanley Cup and the upcoming Kraft Hockeyville NHL pre-season game between the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres.
At Hoyes, Michalos and Associates, we also believe in giving back to our community with continued support for minor hockey and we have once again agreed to sponsor the Hamilton HUB Bantam Tigers this year. The sponsorship of the team last year proved to be rewarding both for the boys and the local food bank. Our receptionist, Heather Chandler, presented me with a plaque of appreciation from the team in recognition of Hoyes, Michalos and Associates sponsorship. Heather’s son, Jacob, plays on the team and her husband Lee is the coach. The team did really well last year and they went on to win the provincial championships. The boys also learnt a valuable life lesson last year made possible by the generous sponsorship that they received so I asked Heather to write about the team and their experience and here is what she had to say.
“Recently I presented Billy Martell with a plaque of appreciation from my son’s minor hockey team. I have been working for Hoyes, Michalos and Associates for just over a year now and when I approached Billy with the idea of sponsoring my son’s hockey team, the Hamilton HUB Minor Bantam Tigers, he asked Doug Hoyes and Ted Michalos what they thought. They were all on board to support my son’s team. I had heard through the office that they support a lot of causes that mean something to their employee’s and the community.
Through the generous sponsorship from Hoyes, Michalos the team was able to purchase winter jackets for all 17 players on the team. Very nice jackets too with the team crest on the left chest, the players number on the right, and of course our sponsor “Hoyes, Michalos and Associates” on the back.
The team had actually budgeted for the jackets to come out of team funds but since Hoyes, Michalos was so generous with their sponsorship, the boys were able to take the money that they budgeted to buy food for our local food bank from “No Frills”. All the boys participated in this donation and they were surprised and unaware how many people actually needed a little extra help. They went to No Frills, picked up their shopping carts and started loading non perishable food items in their buggies. I think the boys were quite surprised at how fast the grocery bill grew as they thought we would need a transport truck to haul the food they could buy with the amount of money we had to spend. They loaded all the food in parents vans and then drove right down to the food bank, where people were standing in line waiting to go in. The boys got an appreciation for what it is like to give back to their community.
We were quite proud of our boys for doing this for their community and very grateful that Hoyes, Michalos and Associates made this possible by sponsoring the team.”
It’s nice to see a community come together and even better when we can teach our children to give back to the community.
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