Tag: youth
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2012 Okthrowberfest Youth Tournament
You will want to make sure that you will sign up your children for this very special Youth Tournament and Activity Day! On Saturday, October 13,2012, your child will have the opportunity experience a day of fun and activities. After registration, there will be a disc golf clinic, followed by a tournament on a special…
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2012 Okthrowberfest Disc Golf Tournament
This now the 4th Annual Okthrowberfest Disc Golf Tournament – this year, as in the past 3 years, it will be held at The Chicopee Ski and Summer Resort on Saturday, October 13,2012. The Okthrowberfest disc golf tournament and Okthrowberfest Youth Tournament and Activity Day is held in support of Dušans memory and raises funds…
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Thank You for 2011 and Welcome 2012!
Our gratitude and thanks to all of you who have supported Dusan’s Foundation in 2011 – we sincerely hope you will continue and make the foundation even stronger in 2012! Special thanks at this time go to Melanie Goodday from Halifax, N.S., who donated $200 just before Christmas. Melanie knew Dusan and had worked with…
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2011 Okthrowberfest Tournament – Thank you Everyone!
Saturday, October 15,2011 will be remembered for a long time by everyone who came. And as the famous statement goes: “If you build it – they will come” it proved to be – oh so true! Personally, I couldn’t believe my eyes, when early Saturday morning group after group, one after another, people were lining…
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2011 Okthrowberfest Tournament Update
We are now only hours away from the fun and excitement of Okthrowberfest at Chicopee Ski and Summer Resort in Kitchener. Remember – registration starts at 8:00 AM, player’s meeting at 9:15 AM, Round 1 starts at 9:30 AM Youth fun tournament will start at 10:00 AM (on a special course designed just for kids)…
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More Good Messages from Financial Award Recipients
It is always with great pleasure that I can share letters the foundation receives from those who directly benefit from our work and your generosity. In the Spring 2011 we have awarded Trails Youth Initiatives funds to support their worthwhile program. Here are 2 letters we have received – one from the Director of Development…
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Dušan’s Dare At Camp Ruskoka
Dušan fell in love with Camp Ruskoka from the very first time he visited there. He became a very welcomed friend to the staff and was loved bhy participants for his outgoing attitude and willigness to spend every available hours teaching and playing and talking. When we were aproached by the Executive Director of Ruskoka…
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Thank You Letter from Shelbourne Health Centre
One of the recepients of our financial awards program this spring was the SOY – Supporting Our Youth – program of the Shelbourne Health Centre. The Dušan Nedelko Foundation supported the centre’s Urban Adventure Program that simultaneously stimulates physical activities and outdoor learning, helping youth to build confidence, self-esteem amd leadershi skills. Here is a…
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Dušan’s Dare at Camp Ruskoka
We received this email today from Alex Sakuta, the director of Camp Ruskoka: I am happy to report that we have been working with Challenges Unlimited this spring to clear a section of the woods for the Dušan’s Dare challenge course, and to set it up. The work was completed by Challenges Unlimited yesterday, and…
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New Fundraiser for 2011 – The Great Golf Ball Sale
The Dušan Nedelko Foundation has received an incredible donation of about 5000 golf balls – yes you are reading this right – 5000! The source? Our dear friend Mike Hiscott, member of DeerRidge Golf and Country Club in Kitchener and a supporter of Dusan’s Foundation. We have sorted all of them and only the unmarked, practically new…