Children are our future, and we need to invest in them.
Sport is not only important for the physical aspects, but it gives children a sense of belonging, acceptance, goal setting, time management and many other social and mental attributes. Please consider helping KidSport Delta to help the kids.
“We were expecting to hold our KidSport Gift of Sport Gala this year at Tsawwassen Springs, but with the uncertainty of COVID, we decided not to take the chance,” said KidSport Delta chair Carlene Lewall. “We are disappointed as we had a great evening planned. Once again, we are going to pivot to a month long (May) Gift of Sport Campaign to raise money for the kids of Delta. Consider a donation to help us reach our goal of $30,000, so we can to raise our maximum grant to $600 per child per year.”
Athletes and teams can join us by entering a 30 second video of “Why I love my sport” to kidsportdelta@yahoo.com for the chance to win a $50 gift certificate for an individual or $100 gift certificate for your team. The videos will be posted on KidSport Delta social media channels.
Annually KidSport Delta provides up to 200 grants to children in our community.
“We want to get kids into sports,” said Lewall. “Sport is a means to an active and healthy lifestyle. Sport skills teach the life skills that we need. If we have healthy and active kids, we are going to have less problems with depression and mental health - it is a known fact. There is so much being spent on fixing problems – let’s get into the prevention mode. This is only one way, but it can be a big way.”
KidSport was established by Sport BC in 1993 while KidSport Delta was formed in 2010 after a boost in sport from the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. It began giving out grants for sport registration fees in 2012. It is entirely run by volunteers allowing all our money raised to go back to the kids in Delta.
