Bowl for Kids Sake 2020 E-Newsletter

Thank You for Igniting Potential for Island Youth!

Bowl for Kids Sake is such an important community fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Prince Edward Island.  We can’t thank the Flappers, Fellas and Good Eggs enough for raising some clams to ignite the power potential of Island Kids. Bowl for Kids Sake 2020 was a huge success! We would like to thank all of the spiffy participants, sponsors and volunteers who helped raise more than $112,577!!

Events certainly slowed down the collection of pledges and raffle tickets after our Bowl for Kids Sake weekend.  We really want to thank everyone for their patience as delivering prizes and holding draws happened much later than usual.  We hope everyone has been able to stay safe and healthy while we all practiced social distancing and we can’t wait until we can see you all again.

Charlottetown raised $81,501

North Rustico raised $4,150

Summerside raised $13,643

Tignish raised $1,591

Getting Ready – receiving the BFKS Team Bag

Getting ready – having a bake sale

Air Canada Draw

Congratulations to the big winner of our Air Canada Draw, Marlee Gregory! Marlee has been bowling with the Mount Continuing Care Community, “The Repeats” since 2009, and has been an active volunteer over the years. She won 2 Economy Class tickets valid for travel to any Air Canada scheduled destination in North America including Hawaii, Mexico & the Caribbean, which are valid until September 2021. A huge thank you goes out to the Air Canada Foundation for their flexibility and continued support over the years.

You can’t have a great party without some great treats!

On Bowl for Kids Sake Weekend we host more than 1100 keen fundraisers at 4 Thank You Events across PEI.  That’s a lot of logistics for our Food Sponsor Tim Hortons! Luckily the Kensington, O’Leary, St Peters Road, Water Street Summerside, and Winsloe locations were hitting on all sixes – they provided swell muffins, cookies and Tim Bits throughout the weekend.  Once again this year, our friends at PEPSI provided a variety of soft drinks for our bowlers. This year, Mallett’s Radiator Service Ltd provided the candy our Greeters gave out at the door and O’Leary Farmers Co-op sponsored the keen Best Individual Costume Prizes and Door Prizes we gave out on the lanes.

We really can’t thank Tim Hortons, PEPSI, Mallett’s Radiator Service Ltd, and O’Leary Farmers Co-op enough for their ongoing support! We think you’re the Cat’s Meow!!

Bowl for Kids Sake Impact

By supporting Bowl for Kids Sake, you enable life-changing mentoring relationships that ignite the power and potential of Island youth. You help provide mentors for youth who face adversity and who are in need of an additional consistent and supportive developmental relationship. Mentors challenge growth, provide support, expand possibilities and empower youth to succeed. Our vision is that all young people reach their full potential. With your support, we can forge a new path forward.  We know the simplest acts create the biggest impact and these actions can empower potential everywhere.

Matchmaker’s Club

Our Bowl for Kids Sake Matchmaker members are so awesome! They have each raised $1200 (or more), which is what it costs to make a brand new match.  What an achievement!

Individual Matchmakers

$1350 – Steve Duncan

$1500 – Ron Leger

$1506 – Warren MacDonald

$1550 – Linda Nowlan

$1860 – Bonnie MacDonald

Team Matchmakers

$1200 – Parkdale-Sherwood Lions

$1200 – Morell Lions

$1250 – Brook MacTavish & Friends

$1250 – Brown’s Volkswagen

Team Matchmakers

$1255 – Malpeque Bay Credit Union

$1265 – David Ford’s Dynamos

$1280 – Stratford Esso

$1282 – Community Connections

$1286 – Reactive Health

$1335 – Frizzell Family & Central Parish

$1345 – Holland College

$1375 – Cox & Palmer Summerside

$1475 – Sable Arc Studios

$1535 – Spare Parts

$1632 – Invesco

Team Matchmakers

$1695 – S.A.F.E

$1737 – Cox & Palmer Charlottetown

$1860 – Emco/ Sumner Plumbing Supply

$1971 – Child & Family Services

$2050 – CUPE

$2160 – MRSB

$2174 – D.P Murphy

$2521 – Maximus Canada – Deltaware Divison

$3112 – Cox & Palmer Total

$3145 – Summerside Lions Club

$6416 – Master Packaging

Bowl for Kids Sake T-shirt – Roaring 20’s style

Meet Wayne! He is the amazingly talented Guardian designer who creates all of our ads.  This is the third year that he has designed our Bowl for Kids Sake t-shirt.  If you have a Roaring 20’s theme, you absolutely need an elegant t-shirt design!  Last year, he created a bowling pin leprachaun….can’t wait to see what he comes up with next year!!  Wear your #BFKS2020 t-shirt with pride & tell the world you’re the Bee’s Knees because you support mentoring!

Raise & Win Sponsors

We are able to provide t-shirts and gift cards to thank our top Bowl for Kids Sake fundraisers because of the support of some incredible local businesses including:

Aqua Bounty Canada, Business Technology Consulting Ltd., Campbell’s Concrete Ltd.; Captain Cooke’s Seafood Inc., Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc., Hearts and Flowers, Mermaid Marine Products, Phillips Auto Sales Ltd., Precision Mechanical Inc., Simpson Aqua Ventures Ltd., Twin Shores Camping Area & UPEI Student Union

Draws for people who raised $150 or more for Bowl for Kids Sake

Elaine Thomson (Rodd Charlottetown) won 50 Lbs of Atlantic Aqua Farms Mussels & a Kuraidori Select Enamel Stock Pot from Home Hardware Charlottetown

Hannah Bell (PEI Green Caucus – Darb Lettuce Gang) won a Northumberland Ferries Limited Ferry Passes

Sharon Hughes (Maritime Electric – The Financeers) won a Northumberland Ferries Limited Ferry Passes

Brad Trivers (Groove in the Heart) won a PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation Gift Package including a PEI Heritage Passport and 2 books – Heritage Houses of Prince Edward Island & Historic Furniture of Prince Edward Island by James MacNutt

Kara MacRae (Canada Post – Split Happens) won an Owls Hollow Prize Package

Liz Weeks (The Mount Continuing Care Community – The Repeats) won a copy of Bygone Days: Folklore, Traditions, & Toenails donated by Reginald “Dutch” Thompson

Bowling Alley thank you

Hosting a Bowl for Kids Sake event is a huge undertaking!  For a few hours…..or in the case of The Alley, the whole weekend, our staff and event volunteers come in and take over the facilities.  We couldn’t have thrown such fun Roaring 20’s themed Thank You parties without the help of the staff and management of the bowling lanes who host us!  There are so many details and extra work they each take on to host us and they all provide such excellent customer service with such good cheer.  We want to thank:

Ian Wilkes, North Rustico Lions Club Bowling Lanes (and the staff of the Club)

Evan Rayner and the staff of The Alley, Murphy’s Pharmacies Community Centre

Cheryl Bell and the staff of The Lanes at Credit Union Place

Rosemarie Brennan, Tignish Parish Centre Bowling Centre

Individual Prize Winners

Top Individual: Bonnie MacDonald (Master Packaging) won a One Night Stay for 2 at the Delta Prince Edward by Marriott

Second Place Individual: Linda Nowlan (Master Packaging) won 2 Anne of Green Gables – The Musical Tickets from The Confederation Centre of the Arts

Third Place Individual: Warren MacDonald (Master Packaging) won a $50 Kings Playhouse Gift Certificate

Top On-line Fundraiser: Steve Duncan (Spare Parts) won 3 Course Dinner for 2 at the Dining Room at the Culinary Institute of Canada

Event Survey Prize: Karen Tsistinas (CUPE Local 1770 Golden Girls) won a $15 Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant Gift Card

Event volunteers Draw:  Braedon Ross won a Night at the Movies Snack Package sponsored by Atlantic Superstore Montague

Prize Sponsors

We can never thank our Bowl for Kids Sake Fundraisers enough, but we can try….offering really nice prizes for everything from fundraising to team costumes is a good start.  We want to thank all of the generous Island businesses who make it possible to provide such wonderful prizes including:

Air Canada Foundation

Atlantic Aqua Farms

Atlantic Superstore Charlottetown

Atlantic Superstore Montague

Atlantic Superstore Summerside

Ching Brothers Inc.

Cineplex Entertainment Charlottetown

Cineplex Entertainment Summerside

Confederation Centre of the Arts

Cows

Delta Prince Edward by Marriott

EastTech Engineering Consultants Inc.

Ganong

Grand Senses

Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour

Home Hardware Charlottetown

KJL Select Meats

Kent Building Supplies Summerside

King’s Playhouse

Leary’s Independent Grocer

Northumberland Ferries Ltd.

O’Leary Farmers Co-op Association

Our Family Traditions

Owls Hollow

PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation

Prince Edward Aqua Farms Inc.

Reginald “Dutch” Thompson

Riverdale Orchards

Riverview Country Market

Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

Shawn’s No Frills

Small Print Board Game Café

Summerside Toyota

The Cork & Cast

The Dining Room at The Culinary Institute of Canada

The Preserve Company

Twin Shores Camping Area

UPEI Music Department

UPEI Student Union

Watermark Theatre

West Royalty Superstore

Team Prize Winners

Top Fundraising Team: Master Packaging won a Tim Hortons Coffee Party on Us & a 1920’s Candy

Prize Package sponsored by Shawn’s No Frills Gift Card

Second Place Fundraising Team: Summerside Lions won a $60 Small Print Board Game Café Gift Card & a Tea for Two Gift Basket sponsored by Atlantic Superstore Charlottetown

Third Place Fundraising Team: Maximus Canada – Deltaware Divison won a Dinner & a Show Prize Package which includes: 2 Tickets to a Watermark Theatre Preview Production and a Pasta Lovers Gift Basket sponsored by Atlantic Superstore Montague

Top Fundraising Business: Master Packaging won a $100 The Cork & Cast Gift Certificate

Top On-line Team: Steve Duncan & Friends – Spare Parts won 4 Cineplex Entertainment Charlottetown Movie Passes & an All Things Canadian Prize Package sponsored by West Royalty Superstore

Brooke MacTavish & Friends – Belfast Bowlers won the Matchmakers Club Draw 4 Aqua Therapy Massage Vouchers from Grand Sense and a Swell Foodie Prize Package which includes: 3 bottles of Riverview Country Market jams and jellies; 16 lbs of KJL Select Meats Sausages; Riverdale Orchard Gift Certificate for Snowshoeing & Dinner for 2 & shortbread cookies; 4 Vivo Glasses & a Blomus Amilio bamboo serving board

Timeless Medical won the New Team Draw for a Ganong 1920’s themed Candy Basket

Event Volunteers

Bowl for Kids Sake really is an enormous undertaking for our small staff.  We would not be able to hold such a successful event without the help of our amazing volunteers!  They help pack BFKS team bags, roll t-shirts, stuff tax receipt envelopes and help with Greeting, the Registration, Prize and Food Tables and the paperwork at the Charlottetown and Summerside events on BFKS weekend.  This year’s swell volunteers include:

Amy Ahmed, Sara Ahmed, Ayat Al Rahnad, Backer Al Rahnad, Haley Alexander, Payton Alexander, Nawal Bashir Khoelil, Joyce Bayly Inwood, Shadae Beale-Sommerville, Margaret Bernard, Archana Biri Bhandari, Miriam Bowen, Emily Brandon, Kaitlyn Bruce, Bill Buell, Mary Carr Chaisson, Connie Chen, Gary Conohan, Amanda Creamer, Austina & Darren Creamer, Natalie Crockett, Margaret Dawson, Marilia de Carvalho Venderlei, Kate Everest, John Farrell, Erin Flynn, Susan Frellick-Perry, Alivia Frost, Sarah Gallant, Linda Gaudet, Kieran Goodwin, Cody Gotell, David Green, Marlee Gregory, Russell Hambly, Seif Helmy, Linda Hicken, Ginny Jin, Irene Johnstone, Valerie Jones, Damien-John Kitson, Rachel Klaus, Alex Lee, Bruce Matheson, John & Camilla McAleer, Tim McRoberts, Serena Micallef, Kassem Mohammad, Juweeriya Mohamud, Ben Morrissey, Jessica Mutch, Kim Ngo, Minh Nguyen, Minh Chau Nguyen, Tom Nguyen, Nancy Oldershaw, Katarina Oram, Danny Phelan, Sue Pollard, Teagan Pringle, Amerah Rahman, Madeline Reddick, Braedon Ross, Peter Russell, Rob Saada, Gabriel Salako, Albert Siby, Lee Sommerville, Amanda Trainor, Nguyen Tran, Katherine Vu, Sherry Wedge, Chloe Wood, Ogechi Worji, & 22 Police Academy Cadets

Team Captain Prizes

Thank-you Draw: Krystle Peters (Paul Davis Restoration) won a Cozy Winter’s Night Gift Basket sponsored by Atlantic Superstore Montague and 2 tickets for 2 concerts during the UPEI Music Department 2020-2021 Recital Series

Team Sheet Draw:  April Myers and her colleagues from Coles & Associates Ltd. won a Snow Day Prize Package which includes: a Kuraidori Select Stainless Steel Whistling Kettle from Home Hardware Charlottetown and 2 Mugs, Hot Chocolate, Chocolate-Covered Potato Chips & a Puzzle from Cows

Open your package early weekly draw winners:

• Shari Boucher, Century 21 Colonial Realty
• Jolene, MBS Radio
• Mollie, Among Friends
• David, Child & Family Services
• Carol, Exit Realty
• Cathy, Community Connections

They each won 2 Aqua Therapy Massage Vouchers from Grand Senses Spa

Team bags

We loved our team captain bags that were generously donated by the PEI Bag Company; the designs were such a great fit with our Roaring 20’s theme. We were very busy this winter delivering these bags to all of our Bowl for Kids’ Sake teams! Each bag was filled with event information, some 1920’s themed treats sponsored by Beach Point Processing Company, bubble gum from Murphy’s Pharmacies and a free dance class voucher from Groove PEI. To top it off, these burlap bags were lined on the inside, making them great reusable shopping bags!

Meet Kele!

Each year we hire a Bowl for Kids’ Sake Assistant to help organize one of our biggest fundraisers. This year we were lucky to have Kele on board. Kele has had a long history working in non-profit, community development and event coordination. With her help, we were able to recruit 183 Bowl for Kids’ Sake teams! Although the last two months of Kele’s contract were spent working from home, Kele was just as much fun to work with online as she was in the office. We wish Kele all the best in her future endeavors!

Location Prizes

Charlottetown

Best Team Name: Alzheimers Society of PEI –  The Great Gapskys won a Treats Package sponsored by

Leary’s Independent Grocer

Best Team Name (Honorable Mention): Robins Donuts – Bootleg Birdies won a Treats Package sponsored by Leary’s Independent Grocer

Best Team Costume: Tangerine Hair & Spa Flappers won a Treats Package sponsored by Leary’s Independent Grocer

Best Team Costume (Honourable Mention): Cox & Palmer Team Phonus Bolonus won a Treats Package sponsored by Leary’s Independent Grocer

Top Fundraising Team: Master Packaging won a $50 Gift Card sponsored by EastTech Engineering Consultants Inc.

Top Fundraising Team Sunday: Sable Arc Studios Treats Package sponsored by Atlantic Superstore Charlottetown

North Rustico

Best Team Name: Kendyll Longuepee & Friends – Gutter Gals won a Treats Package sponsored by Leary’s Independent Grocer

Best Team Costume: North Rustico Irving – Rustico Head Pins won a Treats Package sponsored by Leary’s Independent Grocer

Top Fundraising Team:  Kendyll Longuepee & Friends – Gutter Gals won a $50 Gift Card sponsored by Ching Brothers Inc.

Location Prizes

Summerside

Best Team Name: Malpeque Bay Credit Union – Malpeque Bay Gangsters won a $20 Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour Gift Certificate

Best Team Costume: Community Connections won a Treats Package sponsored by Atlantic Superstore Summerside

Top Fundraising Team: Summerside Lions won a $50 Gift Card sponsored by Summerside Toyota

Tignish

Best Team Name: CUPE – Downtown Alley won a $25 Atlantic Superstore Summerside Gift Card

Best Team Costume: CUPE 3260 – Dangerous Dames won a $25 Our Family Traditions Gift Certificate

Top Fundraising Team: CUPE 3260– Dangerous Dames won 4 Movie Passes & 4 Popcorn Coupons from Cineplex Entertainment Summerside

Challenges

D.P. Murphy Challenge: Boston Pizza – Unicorn Squad

Invesco Challenge: The Cat’s Pajamas

Lions Challenge: Summerside Lions Club

Challenge plaques supported by Chucker’s Chucker’s Trophies & Awards

Lions Challenge participants: Cymbria Lions, Morell Lions, Parkdale-Sherwood Lions, St. Eleanors Lions & Summerside Lions

Invesco Challenge Participants: Cyber Strikers, Fancy Flappers, Roar for Kids Sake, Team Titans & The Cat’s Pajamas

DP Murphy Challenge Participants: Boston Pizza, DP Murphy Support Centre, DP Murphy St Marys Road Boys, Holiday Inn Express, Leon’s Furniture, Tim Hortons Borden, Tim Hortons – The Priders, Tim Hortons 1730

Air Canada Foundation

AquaBounty Canada

Atlantic Aqua Farms

Atlantic Superstore Charlottetown

Atlantic Superstore Montague

Atlantic Superstore Summerside

Beach Point Processing Company

Bell Aliant Inc.

Business Technology Consulting Ltd.

Campbell’s Concrete Ltd.

Captain Cooke’s Seafood Inc.

Cavendish Farms

Century 21 Colonial Realty Inc.

Ching Brothers Inc.

Chucker’s Trophies & Awards Ltd.

Cineplex Entertainment Charlottetown

Cineplex Entertainment Summerside

City of Charlottetown

Confederation Centre of the Arts

Cows

D.P. Murphy Inc.

Delta Prince Edward by Marriott

Discover KIA

EastTech Engineering Consultants Inc.

FlyPEI

Ganong

Grand Senses

Groove PEI

H&R Block Summerside

HGS Canada Inc.

Hearts and Flowers

Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour

Home Hardware Charlottetown

KJL Select Meats

Kent Building Supplies Summerside

King’s Playhouse

Leary’s Independent Grocer

MBS Radio (Q93, CFCY & SpudFM)

Mallett’s Radiator Service Ltd.

Maritime Electric

Mermaid Marine Products

Murphy’s Pharmacies Community Centre

Murphy’s Pharmacies

North Rustico Lions Club Bowling Lanes

Northumberland Ferries Ltd.

O’Leary Farmers Co-op Association

Our Family Traditions

Owls Hollow

PEI Bag Company

PEI Credit Unions

PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation

Peake & McInnis Ltd.

PEPSI

Phillips Auto Sales Ltd.

Precision Mechanical Inc.

Prince Edward Aqua Farms Inc.

Reginald “Dutch” Thompson

Riverdale Orchards

Riverview Country Market

Royal Garden Chinese Restaurant

Shawn’s No Frills

Simpson Aqua Ventures Ltd.

Small Print Board Game Café

Sobeys

Stewart McKelvey

Stingray (Ocean 100 & Hot 105.5)

Summerside Toyota

The Alley

The Comic Hunter

The Cork & Cast

The Dining Room at The Culinary Institute of Canada

The Guardian

The Journal Pioneer

The Lanes at Credit Union Place

The Preserve Company

Tignish Parish Centre Bowling Lanes

Tim Hortons

Township Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd.

Twin Shores Camping Area

UPEI Music Department

UPEI Student Union

Watermark Theatre

West Royalty Superstore

Wilson Fuel Company Ltd.

When a child has a mentor, the odds they will be emotionally, socially, & physically healthy increase dramatically…and when we have healthy young people in our communities, everyone benefits.  Thank you for raising some clams to ignite the power potential of Island Kids! #BiggerTogether  #IgnitePotential