
Summer 2020 Newsletter FANS Soccer Event
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Hello FANS members
YOUTH FORUM WITH CIWA ON FEBRUARY 13TH
We are pleased to announce that FANS will be part of the Youth Forum with CIWA for the second year! Join us on Thursday, February 13th from 10am to 2pm at Marlborough Community Association, 636 Marlborough way NE, T2A 2V9.
We hope to see you at this fun-filled event with entertainment, speakers, draws and more. Don’t forget to stop by at our FANS booth to meet us, play some games, taste some treats and enter some exciting draws to win awesome prizes!
CELEBRATE CALGARY DIVERSITY ON MARCH 28TH
On behalf of Centre for Newcomers, we would like to invite you to their 5th annual fundraiser event on Saturday, March 28th at the Habebe’s Banquet Hall. Let’s celebrate together Calgary’s culture and diversity featuring Bhangra Bollywood dancing, Middle Eastern Performances, African folk dancing, a Filipino Tinkling dance and more! There will also be a silent auction with great deals around the city, a fun photobooth, raffle draws, and great food and drinks throughout the night.
If you’d like to join this fun-filled event, please let us know by February 25th and we will get tickets for you at no cost. Email us at friends@fansfoundation.com
SUMMER CAMPS REGISTRATION
Summer is still months away but we’re already looking forward to our upcoming summer camps (and also the warm weather)! If you are interested in joining us for a volleyball camp and soccer camp for the summer, or if you have any other sports that you are really interested in learning this summer, please let us know! Watch out for our Spring Newsletter for upcoming details and registration process.
We are looking forward to seeing you on Thursday!
Benjamin and Lucy
Hello FANS Friends,
Winter is here and we are loving it! We have very exciting news, opportunities and goodies for you!
WINTER EQUIPMENT DRIVE
NEED SPORTS EQUIPMENT?
WIN CALGARY HITMEN TICKETS FOR 2019-2020 SEASON!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM FANS
We look forward to 2020 with more exciting opportunities for everyone!
All the best,
Benjamin & Lucy
Hello FANS Friends,
Fall is here! We hope everyone enjoyed their summer! We would like to share the exciting opportunities for fall!
HOCKEY AND RINGETTE SEASON IS HERE!
Our partner, Jelly Modern Doughnuts, is supporting Newcomers on Hockey and Ringette teams! Just send us a photo of you in your hockey or ringette gear or a team photo to be published on our website and social media. Jelly Modern Doughnuts will provide doughnuts for you and your team to enjoy to the first 20 newcomers that respond. Please email us your photos!
TIME TO PULL OUT THE SKATES AND TRY SKATING!
Send us a photo of you skating and your name will be entered to win some hockey goodies and treats from Jelly Modern Doughnuts!
Don’t have skates and would love to learn? Please let us know as we have used figure skates and hockey skates available at no cost to you! Please email us to let us know your size for availability.
WINTER READING!
We have a few of the sports magazines available for pick up! Pop by Jelly Modern Doughnuts at 1414 8th Street SW and tell them that you would like the FANS magazines. They will give you the pack of three sports magazines and two doughnuts to enjoy while you are reading, at no cost to you.
All the best,
Benjamin and Lucy Coleman
friends@fansfoundation.com
We are very excited to announce that we have additional available spots in upcoming dance, volleyball and tennis summer camps! As always, thanks to our generous donors, there is no cost to you to join these programs! Contact us for more details if you are interested in attending any of these exciting camps at friends@fansfoundation.com (spaces are limited):
SHARE YOUR PHOTOS AND WIN!
We encourage all newcomers to join a new sport or keep working on one that you love! Please send us your newcomer story and photos of you playing a sport to post on our website and social media. We will be randomly selecting photos of our newcomers to win prizes from our wonderful partners.
THANK YOU GENEROUS SPONSORS!
We’d like to thank our generous sponsors again for the amazing summer camps that they have provided! We are so grateful, as well as our newcomers for the opportunity to learn a sport! Check out some of the stories they’ve shared with us at FANS Newcomers Stories.
All the best,
Benjamin and Lucy Coleman
friends@fansfoundation.com
We hope your summer is off to a great start! We are excited to announce our Summer Programs that are currently available, thanks to our generous partners! Contact us for more details if you are interested in attending any of these exciting camps at friends@fansfoundation.com (spaces are limited):
SHARE YOUR PHOTOS AND WIN!
We encourage all newcomers to join a new sport or keep working on one that you love! Please send us your newcomer story and photos of you playing a sport to post on our website and social media. We will be randomly selecting photos of our newcomers to win prizes from our wonderful partners.
SPREAD THE WORD!
Donation boxes are out at all Jelly Modern Doughnuts locations. Please encourage your friends to make a donation at the store or on our FANS website. All proceeds go to support the newcomers with sports camps and sports equipments.
THANK YOU GENEROUS SPONSORS!
We’d like to thank our generous sponsors again for the amazing summer camps that they have provided! We are so grateful, as well as our newcomers for the opportunity to learn a sport! Check out some of the stories they’ve shared with us at FANS Newcomers Stories.
All the best,
Benjamin and Lucy Coleman
Dear FANS members,
We are excited to announce that we have available spots in upcoming Soccer and Volleyball Programs. As always, thanks to our very generous donors, there is no cost to you to join the programs. Please respond as soon as possible to let us know if you are interested in any of the following:
Calgary Rangers Soccer: The program will run from the end of April to the end of June. Ages: 6 years old to 18 years old may attend.
Volleydome: Beginner summer camp for high school and Junior high.
Rally Pointe (volleyball): August summer camp.
Thank you again to our partners Calgary Rangers Soccer Club, Volleydome, and Rally Pointe for your donations!
Thank you to all newcomers for joining us at our booth at the Newcomers Youth Forum. Congratulations to the following winners from our draw:
Jennifer – Calgary Hitment T-shirt
Ranjit – Calgary Flames Shift + Pennant
Katrina – Baseball
Kavitha – Calgary Hitmen T-shirt
Jacky – Basketball ball
Ji Gu – Tennis Balls
It is soccer season and time to treat your team to doughnuts. If you are joining a soccer team, just send us a photo of you playing soccer or a team photo and let us know a day you would like to pick up doughnuts to share with your team.
Playing a sport other than soccer? No problem, just send us a photo of you playing nay sport to post on our website, and our partner Jelly Modern Doughnuts will provide you the doughnuts to share with your team, family or friends.
We are also excited for our April and May equipment drive. Newcomers, please send us an email about what sports equipment you are in need of, and we will add you to our list. Please also let us know what sports you would like to learn this summer and we will do our best to find you a spot.
Kind regards,
Benjamin and Lucy
Dear FANS members,
Congratulations to Andrew Choi and his family for winning four tickets to a Calgary Hitmen Hockey Game plus a dozen doughnuts from our partner Jelly Modern Doughnuts.
Don’t forget FANS members to keep sending us your photos of you playing a sport and our partner Jelly Modern Doughnuts will provide you with a dozen doughnuts to share with your team or friends.
We are excited for our Second Annual Holiday Equipment drive. This year we are expanding our Holiday gifts from balls to all kinds of sports equipment, gift cards from Sports Equipment stores and tickets to sporting events. Please send us a note about what sports equipment you need or your other interests.
Partners and friends of our Foundation if you are able to donate any equipment, gift cards or cash donations to help us provide holiday gifts to our members, donations of any amount are greatly appreciated.
Want to go for a skate? Please let us know if you want to join the two of us for a skate at no cost of course. Please also watch for our announcement of a Family Skating Event for everyone.
We are pleasure to announce that FANS will be a part of the Youth Forum Culture Fest 2019 on Thursday, February 14, 2019 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Marlborough Community Association, 636 Marlborough Way NE T2A 2V9. Please mark your calendars for this fun event with entertainment, speakers, draws and more. Please also join us at our FANS booth to meet us, play some games with us, taste some doughnuts and enter some exciting draws. Thank you Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association for this amazing opportunity.
Happy Holidays!!
We look forward to hearing all about your sports stories.
Benjamin & Lucy