Oceanside Minor Hockey Association is a local volunteer run community hockey organization for children ages 5 to 18 living in the area from Bowser to Nanoose. The weekend of January 22nd and 23rd 2011 the OMHA hosted a very successful Hockey Jamboree for our 430 families in our association. We had over 1000 people participate. It was a fun weekend for the kids with pizza or sub sandwiches, give-aways, a poster contest, a skills and drills competition, bands, and lots of hockey games for all our Oceanside players. The Jamboree is to celebrate the generosity of our sponsors, community spirit, and love of the game of hockey.
I’d like to thank all the volunteers who made this weekend possible:
Parents Angela Hinz (atom), Deanna Lynch (atom), and Kelly Wray (bantam) worked tirelessly from September onward to make all the small pieces come together.
Coach Brian Hagedorn and his Juvenile boys team along with Referee in Chief Chris Herr, and our very special People’s Choice award winner, Referee Joe Kinch organized and executed an exciting Skills and Drills Competition, with music provided by DJ Mike Seselja.
Our Master of Ceremonies and knight in shining armour, Ian Holmes, from the Beach Radio, who stepped up to the plate after a dozen others were not available.
Kwalicum Secondary School Students Kati Menasa and Trishia Smillie answered my school PA system call, and volunteered hours of their time to help, even though they are not even remotely connected to our hockey association – now that’s community spirit!
Our special tattoo lady, Elizabeth Cudmore from Xi Delta Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, arrived at Oceanside Place from Deep Bay at 7 am to put temporary tattoos on our kids.
Dan Porteous and all the gracious, generous, and hard-working RDN Arena Employees went beyond the call of duty to make our event work.
Pat Solway and the staff of the Oceanside Place arena concession not only supplied hundreds of hot dogs for our skills and drills, but also garbage bags, napkins, a cake knife, and other items we forgot to bring.
Bands The Wyze Gyze (I still cannot believe that their singer Jonas is only 14); Gold and Shadow; and B2Glee with their amazing voices and dance steps.
Parent volunteers who came out to help with our set-up, take-down, raffles, and duck toss and generously depleted their savings at the raffle tables so that we could pay for this event.
I also like to acknowledge and thank our Jamboree Community Merchant and Community Organization Sponsors for their generous donations and support.
We couldn’t do it without you!
MVP SPONSORS
· Arbutus Dental Centre
· Bekins Moving and Storage
· Island Restorations
· NR Insurance
· Pacific Spirit Wear
· Panago Pizza
· Xi Delta Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
DIGGER SPONSORS
· 88.5 The Beach
· Arbutus Emporium
· Arrowsmith Bikes
· Bailey’s In the Village
· BFI Canada, Waste and Recycling Services
· Blue Quill Tea and Gift Shop
· Borealis Hair Bar n’ Tanning
· California Be-Dazzled Fashions
· Chocolates Plus
· Clipper’s Too
· Coombs Signs Banners and More
· Deez Bar and Grill
· Dolly’s Home Hardware
· Elements Gallery
· Fireside Books
· Gary’s Bistro
· Glacier View Seafoods Ltd.
· Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Richmond
· Hot N Cool Yoga Club
· Iris
· Island Cove Swimwear and Tanning
· Jean Delaney Designs
· Lefty’s Fresh Food
· Little Mountain Landscaping
· Lordco
· Makin’ Waves Hair Studio
· Natural Synergy Day Spa
· Oceanside Computers
· Ollivander’s Café and Pizza House
· Parksville Music Centre
· Petro-Canada
· Qualicum Frameworks Gallery
· Qualicum Pet Foods and Cat Rescue
· Raintree
· Roto-Rooter Plumbing
· Sabo, Cross and Company
· Save-On-Foods
· Scrapbookin’ Adventures
· Soloway & Company, Barristers and Solicitors
· Thalassa Restaurant
· The Old Country Market (the Goats)
· The Shorewater Resort
· The Vintage Candy Store
· Thrifty Foods
· Tomm’s Food Village
· White Spot Restaurant
Sincerely,
Cindy Hutchison
Oceanside Minor Hockey Association
Special Events Coordinator
Awesome !!!!!
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