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Friday, March 22, 2013

Jumpstart Program

The Canadian Tire Jumpstart program purpose is to help kids 4to18 to get active and healthy. The program helps at least 543,207 kids as of this day.

In recent studies one in three Canadian families cannot afford to enroll their children in sport or recreation activities (Vision Critical 2011).

The Jumpstart program has been around since 2005 it consists of 332 national chapters around the Canada. Individuals that operate this program are mostly volunteers dedicating their time to help kids to be strong and gain confidence to become someone that they want to be in the future. Cooperatively they work with 2,000 local non profit organization i.e. YMCA-YWCA, Big brother and Big sister to help the Jumpstart program identify kids that are in need. The program finances all expense towards equipment, registration and/or transportation costs.

There are a lot of methods to contribute to the Jumpstart program;

  • Make a donation
  • Host your own event in support of Canadian Tire Jumpstart
  • Support a fundraising event for Canadian Tire Jumpstart
  • Shop at Canadian Tire on Jumpstart Day.


In support to this program, it is our duty to safeguard the future of our kids. Helping them succeed will help them protect their family, friends and structure an economy with a strong barrier.

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