It doesn't take a superhero to "Strike Kids Off the Waitlist"
Together, we can Strike Kids off the Waitlist and ignite their potential!
Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2024
May 25th – Put on your bowling shoes and superhero cape!
The theme of this year’s event is “Superheroes” but we know that it doesn’t take a superhero to make a difference in the lives of young people. Together, we can Strike Kids off the Waitlist and ignite their potential!
Bowl for Kids’ Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters’ signature fundraising campaign that takes place annually and has been around for more than 40 years! An exciting and fun event for Teams of families, co-workers, friends, and superheroes, we’re heading to the alley on Saturday, May 25th this year and we need people like YOU who believe in supporting programs that create strong developmental relationships for kids in our community! BBBS connects over 400 youth annually with carefully selected mentors and nurtures these friendships to ensure youth build social-emotional skills, improve mental health and well-being, and increase educational and community engagement! We’re bowling this year to “Strike Kids off the waitlist” in our service area which includes Saint John, Kings, and Charlotte Counties!
As a community, we are facing an elevated need for mentoring programs and support for programs that support the mental health and well-being of our young people! This event is a chance to help us continue to offer and build upon our existing in-person programs and create new ways of connecting more youth in developmental relationships with mentors. It’s an opportunity for your company, team, or group to participate in a fun team-building activity for a good cause. It’s a great morale booster as employees place high value on their company being a good citizen. Connectedness to the community at this time is vital to our well-being and productivity, and employees feel this when they are part of a positive initiative in the workplace.
You can get together with friends and family and have a fun time bowling during the scheduled bowling alley date and times on Saturday, May 25th at 1pm or 2:30pm (90 minute shift), or sign up as an individual to take part in an evening tournament hosted by Fairview Bowling Lanes starting at 6pm, or if you prefer a smaller group bowling activity or outdoor bocce ball, then we encourage you to “bowl” with us or whenever and wherever you like.
All of the funds raised directly support Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mentoring programs in your community!
*Teams consist of 4 to 6 friends, family members, or co-workers *Costumes are optional but come dressed up as a Superhero to keep with the theme of “Striking Kids off the Waitlist” *You can challenge another company, group or team to a bowl off or fundraising competition *Choose a 90-minute bowling time in the afternoon or take part in a tournament in the evening *Trivia and prizes for fundraising efforts *Participants must raise a minimum of $100 to be eligible for a prize! *Raise funds through various options including events, selling our raffle tickets and/or through our online platform *All proceeds help expand the networks of support for our young people through funds raised at this event at Fairview Lanes.
As always there will be fun activities, free food, exciting prizes & incentives, and an amazing raffle to help you raise funds and of course bragging rights if you win a challenge!
EVENT SCHEDULE
Saturday May 25th – We have 2 shifts, 90 minutes each. 1:00pm – 2:30pm; 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Saturday, May 25th – We are hosting a tornament starting at 6pm. Sign up today!
If this date doesn’t work for your group, you can schedule your own bowling time at Fairview Lanes for your team, school, or workplace. If preferred, an outdoor bocce ball time can be scheduled during a day and time whenever teams prefer. Give us a call at 506-635-1145 to find out how.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
REGISTER your team and select your bowling time by completing the Bowl for Kids Sake Team Registration Form 2024 or we can email you a copy of the team registration form which can be sent back to us to register your team and pick your bowling time. You also need to let us know the details if you’ve chosen a smaller, alternative way to bowl.
CREATE YOUR ONLINE FUNDRAISING team and personal page on our fundraising platform and start connecting with your network of supporters to raise funds! It’s that easy! Of course, you can always host various activities and events to help with your fundraising and/or sell some of our Spring Raffle tickets where all tickets sold go directly to your teams’ efforts if you prefer raising funds offline!
For more information email laurie.collins@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca, call us at 635-1145.
HOW TO CREATE YOUR TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING PAGE
STEP 1 – Start your team or individual fundraising page by clicking on the FUNDRAISE button and setting your goal. Minimum of $100 to be eligible for prizes.
STEP 2 – Get creative/customize your page! Once you complete the online sign up, you will receive a confirmation e-mail to personalize your team & individual fundraising page. This is an important step! Add a photo, update the text and make your page your own by customizing your description, sharing how long you have been involved with BBBS or why you’re supporting this campaign. If you are a team captain and want to have individual fundraising pages, team members can JOIN YOUR TEAM and create and customize their own page. This is needed if individuals want a personal fundraising link to send out and share. If you are going to fundraise just as a team, then you may not need personal pages.
STEP 3 – Share your fundraising page with your network and ask them to contribute. Send your team or individual fundraising link in an email, text, post on your social media and ask others to support you in your fundraising. Be sure to TEST THE LINK FIRST. You want to make sure you send the right link so always start with sending the link to yourself in an email or text and then click to make sure it works! Be sure to send out reminders to your potential supporters so they don’t forget to help you out.
Set up your team on our online fundraising tool, it makes it easy to raise funds!
REGISTER YOUR TEAM using the online form below or Register Via Email by filling out and returning this Team Registration Form to us!
Event sponsorship options are still available. See our sponsorship package here: BFKS 2024 PARTNERSHIP PACKAGE 2024 sm
