Chestermere Minor Hockey is a large piece of what makes up our city. Even if you don’t have a child that plays hockey, you likely have a neighbour that does, or know one of the coaches or just like to go watch a game of these young talented players.
But everyone knows that these programs are not without their significant expenses and therefore they rely heavily on sponsorships and donations.
On Monday December 21st, 2015, a few members of the Chestermere Laker’s family gathered at the Chestermere Scotiabank to present a cheque in support of their team.
Greg Moffatt, Small Business Advisor with Scotiabank explains, “Scotiabank is a proud supporter of hockey at many levels clear across Canada. The hockey culture at Scotiabank is reflected in our Flames home game sweater days when our staff put on the home team’s colours to cheer them on, continues into our product line with our hockey bank account offering NHL rewards to account holders and most notably in our tremendous support of minor league hockey from coast to coast as each and every Scotiabank branch in the country provides funding to a local team”.
Scotiabank’s annual funding of over 5,000 local minor league hockey teams is in excess of $5,000,000 annually and is a major source of pride and community building for the bank. “While Scotiabank Chestermere branch is a part of a major national bank, we strive to be involved in the city we serve as a community bank whether that be through the sponsorship of Chestermere Minor Hockey. As knowledgeable and skilled financial advisors, Chestermere Scotiabank’s team understands that people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care and caring for our customers and our community is of utmost importance to the Scotiabank Chestermere team”, added Moffatt.
Donations and sponsorships like this are vital to organizations such as CMH. Chestermere Minor Hockey President, Shane Hainstock commented, “the money goes into our shorthanded fund to help those in need pay for their fees”.
Hockey Canada reports that since 2001, stats are showing that an average of 500,000 children are registering for hockey every year. It’s also interesting to know that there has been a 59% increase in the number of registrations by females from the 2001-2002 season to 2012-2013.
With registration increases like that, community partnerships like those of Scotiabank and Chestermere Minor Hockey are vital to sporting programs in our communities and those across the county.
