If your company or organization would like to become a H.E.R.O.S. sponsor, please contact Norm Flynn, Founder and Executive Director, to discuss your involvement and its benefits.

Sponsor Benefits

• Increased corporate profile – national media exposure
• Greater employee involvement in community service
• Fulfillment of corporate social responsibility
• A bridge for marketing into the community
• Personal satisfaction and fulfillment

Sponsorship Opportunities

• Logo exposure on H.E.R.O.S. apparel, hockey jerseys, banners, etc. at the Gold and
   Platinum sponsorship level.
• Introductions and business networking opportunities with fellow sponsor companies
   and corporations.
• National media opportunities for your company’s community involvement.

Website

H.E.R.O.S. website is a valuable promotional tool for its sponsors. The website gives sponsors exposure through logos on:

• The H.E.R.O.S. home page
• The Sponsors page
• The Sponsor's profile page

Newsletter

In addition to the website a bi-annual H.E.R.O.S. newsletter is produced and distributed to:

• Non-profit leaders
• Educators
• Corporate leaders
• Municipal, provincial and federal government policy makers
• Board members
• Supporters and fellow sponsors across Canada

The newsletter is also available through the website as a downloadable PDF.

As a Platinum and Gold level sponsor your company’s logo and sponsorship message will appear on the main newsletter page and on the e-mail broadcast of the newsletter.

CIBC Children's Foundation gives kids in economically
challenged neighbourhoods the gift of hockey

Thanks to the efforts of CIBC Wood Gundy Investment Advisors in Vancouver, more than 1,400 boys and girls from economically challenged neighbourhoods across Canada have been able to play hockey.

10 years ago, Investment Advisors with Vancouver's Park Place Branch tapped into CIBC Miracle Day funding to start HEROS (Hockey Education Reaching Out Society), an initiative that brings kids from challenging backgrounds together to play hockey and to learn valuable life skills such as self-esteem, commitment and discipline.

"When we created the program we wanted to give kids from less fortunate circumstances a chance to succeed," says Terron Falk, Vice President, Investment Advisor in the Park Place Branch. "CIBC has supported HEROS as a sponsor since the beginning and I personally have witnessed first hand the change in these kids over the years. I can't imagine a more worthy cause than to help a child turn their life around."

HEROS provides children in economically challenged neighbourhoods an opportunity to learn the game of hockey by providing all equipment and on/off ice instruction. HEROS uses hockey as a catalyst to encourage self-esteem, confidence, responsibility, teamwork and commitment. Program chapters are located across Canada in Vancouver, BC's Sunshine Coast (Gibsons and Sechelt), Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Toronto (three locations), and internationally in Belfast and Dublin.

CIBC Children's Foundation has supported HEROS for the past 10 years, donating $85,000 to the program this year and $300,000 in total.

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