$30,000 grant to provide new
and disadvantaged Canadian youth with increased access to
hockey
TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2017 /CNW/ -- StubHub, the world's
largest ticket marketplace, today announced a $30,000 grant to Hockey 4 Youth from the StubHub
Foundation, a corporate advised fund of the Silicon Valley
Community Foundation, to provide new and disadvantaged Canadian
youth with an opportunity to play hockey and learn valuable life
skills through its program.
The funding from the StubHub Foundation will be used to help
Hockey 4 Youth expand its services to new schools as well as
support current programming costs such as equipment and ice time
for their youth participants. The impact of this grant will help
Canadian youth in Toronto and
Montreal learn Canada's game as well as enroll in Hockey 4
Youth's off-ice T.E.A.C.H. program (Technology, Entrepreneurship,
Application, Community giving, Health active living).
"StubHub is committed to supporting the communities in which we
operate and we believe all Canadians should have access to the
sports they love," said Cameron
Papp, StubHub Communications Manager. "Hockey 4 Youth is a
natural partner for us, as we can work together to enable Canadian
youth to create meaningful connections with one another and learn
important life skills through its unique program."
To launch the partnership, StubHub and Hockey 4 Youth held a
special event with Olympic gold medalist, Vicky Sunohara, UAE hockey superstar
Fatima Al-Ali, and Toronto Furies'
all-star Carlee Eusepi. The event,
held today at Leaside Memorial Arena, saw Hockey 4 Youth's young
participants receive hockey equipment and lace up their skates to
hit the ice, many for the first time, to run through drills led by
the athletes.
"The partnership with StubHub will help us continue our mission
to remove the economic and social barriers that prevent new
Canadian youth from the joys of hockey," said Moezine Hasham,
Co-founder and Executive Director of Hockey 4 Youth. "According to
a report by the Institute of Canadian Citizenship, 71 per cent of
new citizens have an interest in hockey but only one per cent will
have an opportunity to play the game. Our goal is to eradicate this
gap."
StubHub and the StubHub Foundation support grassroots
non-profits that are focused on expanding access and opportunity
for at-risk youth through sports, music and performing arts
education programs. Since its inception in 2012, the StubHub
Foundation and StubHub's charitable giving have dedicated more than
$4 million to support more than 50
organizations, globally.
About StubHub
StubHub is the world's largest ticket marketplace that enables
fans to buy and sell tickets to tens of thousands of events,
whenever they want, through our desktop and mobile experiences,
including our StubHub app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and
Android. Offering a superior fan experience at its core, StubHub
reinvented the ticket resale market in 2000 and continues to lead
it through innovation. Our industry firsts include the introduction
of the first ticketing application and the first interactive seat
mapping tool. Our business partners include more than 60 teams in
the NHL, CFL, MLB, NBA, MLS and NCAA, AEG, AXS and Spectra
Ticketing & Fan Engagement. With the acquisition of Ticketbis
in August 2016, throughout the world, StubHub provides the
total end-to-end event going experience. StubHub is an eBay
company (NASDAQ:EBAY). For more information on StubHub,
visit StubHub.com or follow @StubHubCA
on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or YouTube.com/StubHub.
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