Tokyo Canadians Hockey Club

Charity Support

Throughout the year, the Tokyo Canadians Hockey Club hold various fundraising functions, and donate a portion of the proceeds to charity.

In recent years, the team has made donations to Seeing is Believing, the YMCA Foreign Community Supporting Commitee, the Tokyo International Learning Center, and to Father Joe's Human Development Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

Each fall, the team participates in the Terry Fox Run in Tokyo and help raise funds for cancer research.

In January 2005, the Tokyo Canadians raised 300,000 yen for a donation to the Red Cross Thailand, in support of their tsunami relief efforts.

We hope to continue our support of these worthy institutions and possibly add others to the list in years to come.

The team takes this role seriously and take pride in being to help out whenever possible, and provide support to organizations who help others.

Great Rewards through Fund-raising Events

2009.11.26

The TCHC would like to introduce you to a young Thai woman who the team has been sponsoring for the past three years.

Her name is Duangjai Meechai, nicknamed Lek, and was born on June 14, 1992. At three-months of age her parents gave Lek and some money to an old woman to raise her - then Lek's parents disappeared.

Lek lived with the old woman, who made a living selling fish food, and in the beginning she went to school, but as times got tough the old woman put Lek to work and didn't let her go to school.

The Public Welfare Office learned of the situation and Lek was placed under the care of the Mercy Center and has been there since.

The Tokyo Canadians began sponsoring Lek in 2006 and a lot has happened for this young woman since then. The Mercy Center has located her father and Lek remains at school - which is not always easy for teenagers in Thailand.

The Mercy Center tried to get Lek into Lester Pearson College in British Columbia, Canada, but since there were cutbacks at the school in Canada she did not get in this year. However, Lek continues to study hard and her English ability has improved immensely in the past three years.

When TCHC team members visit Lek and her friends, she now takes charge of the situation, translating for the team and helps to take care of the younger children who come along for the outing.

This is where some of the TCHC fund-raising money goes when you see the message on party tickets about proceeds going to charity and sponsorship. There are hundreds of other children in the same situation as Lek in Thailand and we are fortunate to have her as a friend of the Tokyo Canadians Hockey Club.

Below are some photos of Lek from her October 13 debut doing traditional Thai dance at her school during "Culture Week."

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The 2006 Seeing is Believing charity fund-raising run saw the Tokyo Canadians raise appox. 100,000 yen. 2006_YMCA_FCSC
Some of the Tokyo Canadian players take a pre-race photo with their runner.

The 2004 Northwest Airlines Charity Hockey Tournament raised 200,000 yen for donation to the YMCA Foreign Community Supporting Committee. The YMCA-FCSC are key contributors for the YMCA's Challenged Children Camps, Youth Leadership Projects, and other related activities for children in need.

The YMCA's Greg Hurnall presents a Letter of Appreciation to Tokyo Canadians President Jason Young. On hand are Nick Masee from tournament sponsor Premier Worldwide Movers, and #10 Scott McCaskie.

Father Joe's Human Development Centre in Bangkok, Thailand
Tokyo International Learning Center
Seeing is Believing
YMCA Foreign Community Supporting Commitee
Terry Fox Foundation