Swish For The Cure

The 6th Annual Swish for the Cure event will be held on Saturday February 4, 2012.

The multi-faceted event, established in 2005 by Elite Basketball Camps, includes fund-raising initiatives and an action-packed day of fun-filled activities for 50 kids battling cancer.  In its first five years, Swish for the Cure’s fund-raising initiatives raised over $117,000 for Childhood Cancer Canada. 100% of the funds raised go to Childhood Cancer Canada. The fund-raising initiatives include:

• An online campaign. Please see www.swishforthecure.ca to make a secure online donation.
• An Elite Camps staff charity game, featuring some of our best staff. This includes staff who have played, or currently do play basketball in NCAA Division 1, European professional leagues, and on Canadian and US university/college teams. Stay tuned for further details on the date and location of the game.
• School Competitions, in which schools throughout the GTA hold basketball shooting competitions with students raising funds to compete. If you’re interested in running an event at your school, please Download the Swish For the Cure Teacher Organizer Resource Kit for all the information you need.
• The actual Event, a fun day of basketball and other activities for 50 kids with cancer. None of the funds raised in the initiatives described above go toward the day’s Event; every penny goes directly to Childhood Cancer Canada. How do we run the Event without funding and without a budget? Through an amazing voluntary contribution of many individuals and businesses throughout the community coming together to pull it off – donating their services, time, products, and food to ensure every kid walks away with a great experience, enjoying great food and amazing prizes.

Last year, the 5th year of the event was surely the best yet. We had over 60 children come out for the day. With over 70 volunteers including Elite Camps staff, friends, family and Swish for the Cure Committee Members, we ensured every age group had a team leader for the day and EVERY kid was paired up with a volunteer.

The overall day is planned and run by Elite Camps. The day includes basketball activities, arts and crafts, carnival activities and many popular local child entertainers.

Last year thanks to our amazing committee we had exciting entertainment for the kids including: Energy Karate, Incredibrent (Brent Nicholls, magician), Noah’s Arc Animal Workshop, Fantasy Fables Children Entertainment (Sleeping Beauty), Planet Dance, Camp Wahonowin, Cupcake Culture, and best of all the Raptors Mascot!

T-shirts for every participant and volunteer were donated by our sponsor Russell Athletics. The facility was donated by the Crescent School. Professional photography including take-home photos for the kids was provided by Proshot Photography. Bags for kids to take-away all their prizes were provided by Boomerang Marketing. Great food for all was provided by a number of local restaurants and grocery stores. Amazing prizes were provided by a number of toy, book and sporting good retailers.  To see a list of all of our prize and food sponsors see the list of sponsors to the right.

How you can help these kids

Make a donation to the Childhood Cancer Foundation. Please see www.swishforthecure.ca to make a secure online donation. Donate products including food, drinks, art supplies, and basketball equipment to help make the day of the event more fun and complete. Donate items such as clothing, toys, music, electronics, water-bottles, and other sporting equipment to make everyday life more comfortable and fun.

For more information or to make a secure online registration please see: www.swishforthecure.ca
Childhood Cancer Foundation www.childhoodcancer.ca The Foundation is working to improve treatment outcomes for kids and ultimately to find a cure for all childhood cancers

 

Elite Camps www.elitecamps.com Elite Camps created Swish for the Cure to help with the battle against cancer so kids can play 1-on-1 with life.