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Created by Fitness Town, the Fit Fund is a program designed to invest in charity and sport initiatives that make an impact in various local communities in Western Canada. Since created, the Fitness Town team has been involved in many community initiatives including the following:
Basketball BC Basketball BC is growing the sport of basketball by providing programs at various levels of development to players throughout the province. Fitness Town is proud to donate silent auction items that help raise money for their initiatives. Fitness Town CEO, James Newman, has had athletics and fitness in his blood from an early age. He played basketball to a high level in both Australia and Canada and still maintains an active interest in the sport. Click here to learn more about donating and the how Basketball BC helps to develop the sport within the Province. BC Recreation and Parks BCFit Conference The British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing quality of life in British Columbia. The Association and its extensive network of members, in the parks, recreation, physical activity and culture sector support the development of healthy individuals and communities and sustainable environments and economies. Fitness Town is proud to attend this event annually and has recently been the Fitness Equipment Sponsor for the show. Fitness Town also donates various fitness accessories for raffle prizes throughout the show! To learn more about the BCRPA and the BCFit Conferences, please click here. Boys and Girls Clubs At Boys and Girls Clubs (BGC), they believe that every kid is amazing. That's why for over 80 years, the BGC has been giving children and youth what they deserve: a place to belong when they aren’t at home or in school. To kids, their Club feels like a place where they can hang out with their friends and make new ones! But it’s so much more. It’s a safe place that provides them with three of the things they need most: a sense of belonging, a sense of success, and positive relationships. That happens through a wide range of activities that are not only of interest to kids, but that are good for them, too: sports, homework, safe access to the online world, arts, crafts, and of course, sharing meals. Annually, they serve over 12,500 children, youth, and families — and no one is ever turned away due to an inability to pay. Fitness Town is proud to support great organizations that impact youth in the local communities in which we operate. Brian Jessel BMW Cabriolet Charity Gala Brian Jessel annually hosts one of Vancouver’s best-known and influential charity galas known as “Cabriolet”. The Cabriolet Charity Gala, has become one of Vancouver’s hottest annual tickets, with evening line ups including big name entertainment, exclusive car launches, and prestigious fashion shows. Each year on the night of the event, the Brian Jessel BMW dealership turns into a night of hope, giving and pure pleasure. All proceeds benefit Pancreatic Cancer Canada. Why Pancreatic Cancer? Pancreatic Cancer knows no bounds. There is no means to detect it and still no known treatment to make a difference quick enough. Most patients are very advanced by the time they are diagnosed. Brian’s commitment to pancreatic cancer research and funding became his only charity of choice, after Bernie Jessel, Brian’s father, passed from the disease in 2010. Fitness Town admires Brian's dedication in making a difference for those affected by Pancreatic Cancer. Supporting healthy lifestyles and fitness is what we do and we strive to help the local communities in which we operate by providing monetary donations or items for silent auctions. For more information on how to donate or attend the Gala, please click here. British Columbia Fire Fighters' Burn Fund Each year almost 700 children and adults from around B.C. are admitted to the Burn, Trauma and Plastics Units at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital suffering serious trauma. The BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund provides life saving, life supporting, and life enriching services to them, and works to save all British Columbians from a similar trauma. More than 3,900 professional fire fighters from fifty-three communities in British Columbia and the Yukon are building the Burn Fund’s vision. They dedicate their time and skills to support burn survivors and increase public awareness of fire and burn safety issues through the Burn Fund’s research, support and prevention programs. Fitness Town is proud to have supported the BC's Fire Fighters' Burn Fund by donating fitness equipment and by providing monetary donations. To learn more about the British Columbia Fire Fighters' Burn Fund, please click here. Greater Vancouver Food Bank The Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB), set up as temporary relief to the hunger crisis in 1982, has grown significantly in the three decades since then. Today the GVFB provides assistance to over 27,000 people weekly, 22% of their members are children and 22% are seniors. While they continue to provide assistance to help address the immediate needs of the community, they also recognize that emergency food as a stand-alone is not a long-term solution.Currently the GVFB is moving beyond food in isolation into a model that helps foster a path towards self-sufficiency. This is a model rooted in education, empowerment and sustainability. With 6 retail locations in the Greater Vancouver area, Fitness Town is proud to contribute to this organization by donating monetary funds and encouraging customers to donate or get involved. To learn more about how you can volunteer or donate to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, please click here. Local Schools and Universities Health and wellness is our passion at Fitness Town, and education has a strong tie to wellness. We believe positive change happens when people take small action steps to help others. The team at Fitness Town is greatly concerned about the rising rates of childhood obesity in North America and is dedicated to educating people of all ages to live a healthy lifestyle and be physically fit. Fitness Town is proud to donate items that help raise money for local schools in Western Canada. Some schools we have been fortunate to donate to include: Fort Langley Elementary School St.Giles Preschool St. Helen's Elementary School St. Thomas More Collegiate School Trinity Western University Elsie Roy Elementary School Terry Fox Secondary School Salvation Army Backpack Drive Within the last few years The Salvation Army has seen an increase in demand with the amount of families coming to The Salvation Army for support, especially during this time of year. The Salvation Army aims to provide children throughout British Columbia with the necessary tools needed in order to have a successful year – as accomplished through both in kind and monetary donations. As each child heads back to school in September, they will be outfitted with a new backpack and school supplies. Fitness Town is proud to support this initiative by donating funds towards the Salvation Army's Backpack Drive and by encouraging customer's to get involved. To learn more about The Salvation Army and their Backpack Drive, please click here. The Grind for Kids Grind For Kids leverages the enthusiasm of the thousands of people in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, that do the Grouse Grind on a regular basis. People sign up and ask friends, family and co-workers to pledge $1 or more for every Grouse Grind they do between opening day and closing day. At the end of the season participants will share their success with the people who have pledged them and request they fulfill their pledges. Funds go towards the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for BC sick kids! Fitness Town is proud to support this initiative by donating annually and encouraging customers and staff to get involved. To learn more about how you can participate in or donate to The Grind for Kids, please click here. The Ride To Conquer Cancer The Ride to Conquer Cancer® benefits the BC Cancer Foundation. The Ride to Conquer Cancer has a dynamic energy of riding with thousands of other passionate participants, each driving towards a common goal: to conquer cancer. The Ride has been a rallying cry for those who know that cancer is no match against our conviction to conquer it. This rallying cry — Be The Ride — encompasses all that it means to take on this cycling journey and fundraising crusade. The courage, boldness, pride, determination and generosity of riders have helped to raise millions in support of BC Cancer Foundation. Fitness Town is proud to support this initiative against Cancer. We understand that healthy lifestyles and fitness can help reduce many forms of cancer. This is why we work hard to make sure we have the best range of equipment available to our customers and have equipment that suits all fitness levels and interests. To learn more about The Ride to Conquer Cancer and how you can get involved, please click here.
Basketball BC is growing the sport of basketball by providing programs at various levels of development to players throughout the province. Fitness Town is proud to donate silent auction items that help raise money for their initiatives. Fitness Town CEO, James Newman, has had athletics and fitness in his blood from an early age. He played basketball to a high level in both Australia and Canada and still maintains an active interest in the sport. Click here to learn more about donating and the how Basketball BC helps to develop the sport within the Province.
The British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing quality of life in British Columbia. The Association and its extensive network of members, in the parks, recreation, physical activity and culture sector support the development of healthy individuals and communities and sustainable environments and economies. Fitness Town is proud to attend this event annually and has recently been the Fitness Equipment Sponsor for the show. Fitness Town also donates various fitness accessories for raffle prizes throughout the show!
To learn more about the BCRPA and the BCFit Conferences, please click here.
At Boys and Girls Clubs (BGC), they believe that every kid is amazing. That's why for over 80 years, the BGC has been giving children and youth what they deserve: a place to belong when they aren’t at home or in school. To kids, their Club feels like a place where they can hang out with their friends and make new ones! But it’s so much more. It’s a safe place that provides them with three of the things they need most: a sense of belonging, a sense of success, and positive relationships. That happens through a wide range of activities that are not only of interest to kids, but that are good for them, too: sports, homework, safe access to the online world, arts, crafts, and of course, sharing meals. Annually, they serve over 12,500 children, youth, and families — and no one is ever turned away due to an inability to pay. Fitness Town is proud to support great organizations that impact youth in the local communities in which we operate.
Brian Jessel annually hosts one of Vancouver’s best-known and influential charity galas known as “Cabriolet”. The Cabriolet Charity Gala, has become one of Vancouver’s hottest annual tickets, with evening line ups including big name entertainment, exclusive car launches, and prestigious fashion shows. Each year on the night of the event, the Brian Jessel BMW dealership turns into a night of hope, giving and pure pleasure. All proceeds benefit Pancreatic Cancer Canada. Why Pancreatic Cancer? Pancreatic Cancer knows no bounds. There is no means to detect it and still no known treatment to make a difference quick enough. Most patients are very advanced by the time they are diagnosed. Brian’s commitment to pancreatic cancer research and funding became his only charity of choice, after Bernie Jessel, Brian’s father, passed from the disease in 2010. Fitness Town admires Brian's dedication in making a difference for those affected by Pancreatic Cancer. Supporting healthy lifestyles and fitness is what we do and we strive to help the local communities in which we operate by providing monetary donations or items for silent auctions.
For more information on how to donate or attend the Gala, please click here.
Each year almost 700 children and adults from around B.C. are admitted to the Burn, Trauma and Plastics Units at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital suffering serious trauma. The BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund provides life saving, life supporting, and life enriching services to them, and works to save all British Columbians from a similar trauma. More than 3,900 professional fire fighters from fifty-three communities in British Columbia and the Yukon are building the Burn Fund’s vision. They dedicate their time and skills to support burn survivors and increase public awareness of fire and burn safety issues through the Burn Fund’s research, support and prevention programs. Fitness Town is proud to have supported the BC's Fire Fighters' Burn Fund by donating fitness equipment and by providing monetary donations.
To learn more about the British Columbia Fire Fighters' Burn Fund, please click here.
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB), set up as temporary relief to the hunger crisis in 1982, has grown significantly in the three decades since then. Today the GVFB provides assistance to over 27,000 people weekly, 22% of their members are children and 22% are seniors. While they continue to provide assistance to help address the immediate needs of the community, they also recognize that emergency food as a stand-alone is not a long-term solution.Currently the GVFB is moving beyond food in isolation into a model that helps foster a path towards self-sufficiency. This is a model rooted in education, empowerment and sustainability. With 6 retail locations in the Greater Vancouver area, Fitness Town is proud to contribute to this organization by donating monetary funds and encouraging customers to donate or get involved.
To learn more about how you can volunteer or donate to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, please click here.
Health and wellness is our passion at Fitness Town, and education has a strong tie to wellness. We believe positive change happens when people take small action steps to help others. The team at Fitness Town is greatly concerned about the rising rates of childhood obesity in North America and is dedicated to educating people of all ages to live a healthy lifestyle and be physically fit. Fitness Town is proud to donate items that help raise money for local schools in Western Canada. Some schools we have been fortunate to donate to include:
Within the last few years The Salvation Army has seen an increase in demand with the amount of families coming to The Salvation Army for support, especially during this time of year. The Salvation Army aims to provide children throughout British Columbia with the necessary tools needed in order to have a successful year – as accomplished through both in kind and monetary donations. As each child heads back to school in September, they will be outfitted with a new backpack and school supplies. Fitness Town is proud to support this initiative by donating funds towards the Salvation Army's Backpack Drive and by encouraging customer's to get involved.
To learn more about The Salvation Army and their Backpack Drive, please click here.
Grind For Kids leverages the enthusiasm of the thousands of people in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, that do the Grouse Grind on a regular basis. People sign up and ask friends, family and co-workers to pledge $1 or more for every Grouse Grind they do between opening day and closing day. At the end of the season participants will share their success with the people who have pledged them and request they fulfill their pledges. Funds go towards the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation for BC sick kids! Fitness Town is proud to support this initiative by donating annually and encouraging customers and staff to get involved.
To learn more about how you can participate in or donate to The Grind for Kids, please click here.
The Ride to Conquer Cancer® benefits the BC Cancer Foundation. The Ride to Conquer Cancer has a dynamic energy of riding with thousands of other passionate participants, each driving towards a common goal: to conquer cancer. The Ride has been a rallying cry for those who know that cancer is no match against our conviction to conquer it. This rallying cry — Be The Ride — encompasses all that it means to take on this cycling journey and fundraising crusade. The courage, boldness, pride, determination and generosity of riders have helped to raise millions in support of BC Cancer Foundation. Fitness Town is proud to support this initiative against Cancer. We understand that healthy lifestyles and fitness can help reduce many forms of cancer. This is why we work hard to make sure we have the best range of equipment available to our customers and have equipment that suits all fitness levels and interests.
To learn more about The Ride to Conquer Cancer and how you can get involved, please click here.
A Fit Fund donation is a request for support of a charity or sport team to help raise funds. The typical donation is a product auction item or minor monetary donation.Due to the high volume of inquiries, Fit Fund requests should meet the donation criteria for consideration and approval.
Fitness Town would like to thank you for the opportunity to become involved with your organization. As Fitness Town receives many requests for assistance on an annual basis, we cannot provide support for all the requests that are submitted to us. Due to an overwhelming amount of requests, please provide us with adequate amount of time to review and response to your request. At times, we must decline participation in a great program/event because we have already committed our budget. To submit your request please fill out the form below.
We wish you much success with your fundraising endeavour.