1. March 2011

2. Board of Directors Executive Committee President: John Byl Vice-President: Helen Downey Treasurer: Bob Alderson Members At Large Diane Lourenco Doug Parry Peter Rumble Board of Directors Lori Cooper Al Craig Michael Hall Dave Kisel Bob Krouse Jim Lamontange Debbie LaPierre Cathie Miller Olga Pavlovich Bill Urie

3. Breakfast of Champions Honouring nearly 500 people –Provincial Champions in a recognized provincial organization –Canadian Champions representing a provincial organization –Representing Canada internationally having qualified to be on the national team Proudly sponsored by Carmen’s and Pearson-Dunn

4. Breakfast of Champions (con’t) Speakers Angela James (inducted into Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame) and Bryce Davison (Canadian Champion Figure Skater).

5. Volunteer Banquet Lead organization assisting with the banquet; specifically with the awards selection and presentations Assisted with speaker honorarium for Right to Play—Clara Hughes

6. Banquet (con’t)

7. Other Annual Awards Throughout the Year R. A. Riddell Sport Academy Award –Awarded to a Sport Academy student who exemplifies leadership and commitment within the R.A. Riddell school community, and who has consistently demonstrated personal growth in their athletic and academic accomplishments Mary Keyes Award –Awarded annually to a female high school student in an inner city school to attend the Olympic Academy

8. Other Awards (con’t) Dr. Gene Sutton Award –Providing funds for one female student to attend the Ontario Olympic Youth Academy

9. Online educational program: –It further ensures your commitment to your number 1 priority--safety for participants –It provides your stakeholders with the tools to deal with: Abuse (Physical, Sexual, Emotional) Emotional Maltreatment Neglect Bullying & Harassment Legal and moral responsibilities –It helps your organization, staff and volunteers to mitigate liability –It provides a proactive Risk Management Program for your front-line –Through education, it helps retain recreation leaders, coaches, officials and volunteers by making them less vulnerable and more confident in dealing with sensitive issues –It makes a values based statement on behalf of your organization to ALL stakeholders –We have nearly 400 licences—please contact us if you wish to use some.

10. Educational Evenings Long Term Athlete Development with Steve Lidstone from McMaster Respect in Sport with Holly Abraham from Respect in Sport

11. Educational Evenings (con’t) Healthy Snacks Toolkit –Healthy Living Division City of Hamilton –Becky Keller—Three time Olympic gold medal winner (Women’s Hockey) –Matthew Greenwood—Ontario Soccer Association

12. Educational Evenings (con’t)

13. Hamilton Accessibility Sport Council Formative meetings to get folks together, develop a constitution, and plan a formative meeting April 17, in the afternoon, Ready, Willing, and Able, at Huntington Park Received $2,500 from ParaSport Ontario Looking into possibility of hosting Summer Games

14. Web Site www.sporthamilton.com Web site visits

15. Other Initiatives Homeless Baseball— Help acquire equipment Ancaster Toyota bursary for inner city children to attend Hamilton Gymnastics Academy Assist the Hamilton Sport Hall of Fame in their selection of Hall of Famers

16. Other Initiatives in the Past Gained a grant throught the Ministry of Health Promotion to run an inner city soccer league for one year Assisted with various bids like Pan Am Games Assisted with the Ontario Elite Gymnastics Meet held in Hamilton

17. Other Initiatives Sport and non-sport members of any town, city or village of any size across the country are able to use good sport intentionally to live the True Sport principles Members of a True Sport community believe that good sport can make a big difference. The True Sport tips and tools will allow communities to actively pursue the True Sport Principles and create a healthy, fair, inclusive and fun sport atmosphere We were recognized with an award (2007) as a leading True Sport community in Canada—reviving momentum

18. Thank you to the City of Hamilton for supporting us in our joint work of promoting Sport for All!

19. Upcoming Events April 26: AGM—Redeemer University College— room 220 (6:30pm dinner, 7:00pm AGM) September: Sport Extravaganza September 28: Volunteer Sport Banquet –Nominations can be made online soon at the SportHamilton website December 5: Breakfast of Champions –Championship teams can already register online at the SportHamilton website Educational Evenings to be announced

20. Contact Us office@sporthamilton.com www.sporthamilton.com