Families and players at a Toronto Blizzard community event

Help a committed girl stay in the game.

Training, equipment and showcase travel can create barriers long before a university opportunity ever arrives.

The gap

When talent is greater than circumstance, something has to close the gap.

Many Blizzard athletes have the ability and the ambition to compete at university. Not every family can afford the path that gets them there.

Toronto Blizzard supports families so that financial circumstances do not have to end a player’s pursuit. Your contribution can help keep that pathway open long enough for her to be seen — which is usually the difference between a career and a near miss.

Where support goes

Program access, showcase travel, equipment and food — the practical things that most often stop a player progressing.

Ways to help

Money is one option. It is not the only useful one.

Financial support

Toward program fees and showcase travel for players whose families would otherwise have to withdraw.

Equipment

Boots, kit and training gear. Players grow out of equipment faster than most budgets can keep up with.

Food

Players train for hours after a school day. Parent volunteers prepare food when they can, and that effort is helped along by donors.

Travel essentials

Getting a squad to New Jersey or Long Island, and keeping them fed and rested once they are there.

No player has to explain her finances in public

Support is arranged privately between the family and Joe. A player is never asked to disclose hardship, appear in an appeal, or be identified as a recipient in order to receive help.

How we handle it

Dignity first, and no claims we cannot stand behind.

Stories are only ever published with the family’s permission, and we do not tie a specific donation to a specific trip unless the underlying cost has been verified.

If you want to know exactly what your contribution covered, ask — and if the club cannot tell you precisely, it will say so rather than guess.

Support from businesses and individuals across Toronto and the GTA keeps training and travel within reach for players who would otherwise have to choose.

Get in touch

Speak with Joe about what would actually help.

Financial support, useful equipment, food and travel essentials, or a business partnership — he will talk through current needs and where a contribution goes furthest.