G&G Thunder Hockey Raises Over $3K in Yellowknife Food Fundraiser

We visited G&G Thunder Hockey team in Yellowknife, NWT for their recent Fill Your Freezer fundraiser delivery. (Yes, we deliver to NWT!) Learn how this hockey team uses food fundraising to help offset travel and tournament fees. 

About G&G Thunder Hockey

G&G Thunder Hockey is one of the U11 Development teams that are part of the Wolfpack Yellowknife Minor Hockey Association (Yes, we deliver all the way to Yellowknife!)

We are always so excited when we get the opportunity to visit out-of-town deliveries. Travel is a thing of the North, with their hockey teams travelling for tournaments a few times a year. 

The club focuses on developing hockey skills in young players through coaching, practices, and tournaments and provides a fun team atmosphere for young players. Their community arena comes alive for their players, and hockey parents excitedly gather to watch the games. Team sports are a great way to keep families engaged in the community. 

Fundraising to Help Offset Travel & Tournament Fees

When you travel as a team, you’re a team. You are not going to leave the goalie behind just because they can’t afford the plane ticket!

Running a sports team isn’t easy, and it definitely isn’t free. The Yellowknife Minor Hockey Association does their best to keep hockey affordable with initiatives like the Canadian Tire Jumpstart program, deferring fees, and local community drives to donate hockey equipment.

For the last 2 years, the G&G Thunder Hockey team has worked with TeamFund Fundraising to help raise money to cover tournament costs. 

For a team like G&G Thunder, living in a remote town with a population just shy of 20,000, travel is a regular part of their competitive hockey season. The team works hard to raise money to help cover the cost of airfare, hotels, and gear for tournaments in Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, and other locations.

Raise Money for the Team with Practical Grocery Staples 

Another challenge of smaller towns is the limited fundraising options. Purdy’s Chocolates are a seasonal favourite, but there’s only so much chocolate you can sell until you exhaust the sweet tooths.

Often, people who purchase these items are doing so just to support your cause. While that’s an excellent reason, G&G Thunder loves TeamFund because our food fundraisers sell practical items that people actually want to buy!

TeamFund Founder Dominique helping pack orders into cars in Yellowknife!

Last year, G&G Thunder tried TeamFund’s Bacon Fundraiser with exciting results! Families were thrilled to purchase bacon, an item that many people like to keep stocked for weekend breakfasts or a salty pick-me-up.

The team travelled out of the NWT to play against some of the best teams in Alberta and British Columbia. To offset travel costs for the team, G&G Thunder raised over $2400 with bacon fundraising. 

A No-Brainer for Small Town Fundraising

When we visited their delivery this year, parents were excited to receive their products. The team stepped it up with a Fill Your Freezer fundraiser, adding items like chicken breasts, burgers, perogies, and bacon-wrapped scallops to their food fundraiser.

At their recent delivery, parents were so excited to pick up practical grocery staples that they purchased for cheaper than the grocery store AND will help their kids get to travel for hockey. The product practically sells itself and it’s become a no-brainer addition to the teams’ fundraising strategy.

This year, G&G Thunder was able to raise over $3000 towards tournament fees, exceeding the amount they raised last year!

Find out if our food fundraisers are available near you!

Tired of selling chocolates? We deliver our food fundraisers to 98% of Alberta, bordering towns in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Yellowknife NWT, Yukon, and Winnipeg.

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