2nd Annual Every Child Matters Hockey Game & Event

<p>The inaugural event was held in Williams Lake in 2023 to encourage awareness and action for truth and reconciliation through sport. This family-oriented, catalyst event brought together residential school survivors, band and community officials, indigenous and non-indigenous spectators, and an array of sporting celebrities under one roof to cheer as one watching a celebrity-style hockey game between ex-NHL/WHL/high-level players and an esteemed Orange Jersey Project team. <br />The expanded 2024 event will include a pancake breakfast, community powwow, bouncy castles, autograph signing (featuring Phyllis (Jack) Webstad – founder of the Orange Shirt Society), an action-packed evening hockey game, and energizing indigenous entertainment (featuring Jordan Hart, Susan Aglukark, and Halluci Nation). <br />Truth and reconciliation can be achieved through dialogue, interaction, and education. Our mission is to create awareness of the intergenerational impacts of Indian Residential Schools. <br />SCHEDULE: <br />all events will be held in or around the Sandman Centre <br />Pancake Breakfast: 9am-10am (while supplies last) (Kia Lounge) <br />Bouncy Castle & Face Painting: 10am-1pm (Grass area adjacent upper north parking lot) <br />Pow Wow: 10am-4pm (outside Kia Lounge) <br />Autograph Session: 1pm-2pm (Kia Lounge) <br />Public Skate: 2pm-3pm (Sandman Centre Ice) <br />Hockey Game: 6pm (Sandman Centre Ice)</p>