ON EVE OF NEW YOUTH HOCKEY SEASON IN CANADA, ESCALATING COSTS SEEN AS BIGGEST HURDLE TO GETTING MORE KIDS PLAYING CANADA’S GAME Hockey associations across country focused on recruitment and retention; Ottawa District Hockey Association adopts new programs to help off-set rising costs of youth hockey Ottawa, ON, October 5, 2012 – Hockey arenas across [...]

OTTAWA DISTRICT HOCKEY ASSOCIATION JOINS FORCES WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGE TO HELP FAMILIES REDUCE THE COST OF PLAYING HOCKEY Program help parents save money on hockey related merchandise while also fundraising to off-set team expenses such as tournament fees and ice time rentals Ottawa, ON, September 7, 2012 – The Ottawa District Hockey Association (ODHA) and [...]

Thanks to everyone that supported Community Engage in our first season. We have been busy over the spring and summer with the goal to make the program bigger and better for your 2012/2013 hockey season – which is right around the corner (hard to believe!).  Our objective is to bring more great offers from more [...]

Hope all hockey players, parents and supporters have a great holiday season – with or without a tournament sprinkled in there.   We have been super busy here but honestly feel we are still just scratching the surface.  In Eastern Ontario, we have; – saved parents and supporters approximately $54,000 – generated approx $6,750 due [...]

Did you see the 2 part series in the Globe & Mail (Dec 5th and 6th by Rachel Brady) on Decreasing Enrollment #’s, Rising Costs of minor hockey in Canada?  This was the main graphic summarizing a survey that RBC did – What’s interesting about the survey results is; 1. The #1 reason that parents cite [...]

COMMUNITY ENGAGE CREATES BREAKTHROUGH IN FUNDRAISING FOR MINOR HOCKEY   Program launches in Ottawa market, enabling sports teams and associations to raise much needed funds while local businesses can now offer targeted promotions to hockey families Ottawa, ON, November 2, 2011 – Community Engage, an Ottawa-based social commerce company, has launched an innovative new twist [...]

Here is an intersting article from the Edmonton Journal – click here.  Regardless of where you live in Canada, it is a common story for all.

Fundraising for your son or daughter’s hockey team is a necessary evil.  For most parents the emphasis is on evil. Let me give you a personal story where I was approached by a neighbour recently.  We moved into the neighbourhood only 18 months ago.   We have become very friendly with the family immediately next to us and [...]

In an article from Fredericton’s Daily Gleaner, it does a more thorough job examining some of the numbers/categories that make up annual expense for hockey and why they have been increasing.  http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/sports/article/1442626  

Here is another article that cites the same Scotiabank study on the cost of minor hockey. http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Hockey+outfitting+costly+game/5453646/story.html  We are going to do our part to bring that cost down as much as possible!!  Every Canadian kid should have the opportunity to play organized hockey.  For those of us that did play as a kid, what [...]