When you support the KidFish Ice Fishing Derby, you are also helping to support kids. Funds raised through our derby help support sick children in Manitoba, after all ‘it’s all about the kids!’.
KidFish is very proud to support the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba to #GiveBetterFutures
A huge shoutout to the Manitoba fishing community, and all our sponsors and supporters!
We all know someone who has been touched by cancer, including our own KidFish family. This years event had it’s challenges. Weather and ice conditions prevented us from being on the ice, however over 500 came out to the Selkirk Rec Centre in support of our ‘derby’. Through ticket sales and raffles KidFish was able to raise $38,000 for our charities!
KidFish is proud to present The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba and CancerCare Manitoba Foundation each with a cheque for $19,000.
Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters for helping to make this donation possible!
The volunteers hit the ground running and the event was announced to take place on February 19th, 2023. We had many sponsors step up to help make this event another great year.
This year we sold a total of 1,222 tickets with 408 of this being kid tickets! We estimate our attendance on ice of derby day was around 1250 (including volunteers, mascots & exhibitors).
Thank you to everyone that supported our event. With your help we were able to present cheques of $28,000 to Children’s Hospital of Manitoba and $28,000.00 to CancerCare Manitoba Foundation.
With 553 participants this year and the continued support of our sponsors we raised $17.153.22 and were able to present our charities The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba and Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation with each a cheque for $8576.61.
2021 brought us yet another challenge, this year was a Global Pandemic. With the safety of our volunteers and participants as our priority, we decided it was best to cancel our big Derby in Selkirk and move to a Virtual Derby. This allowed people from all of Manitoba to participate and fish on any body of water. With the purchase of a ticket online, each participant was entered into all of our draws whether they caught a fish or not.
Being Virtual brought us to 5 different communities in Manitoba. From St. Norbert and Selkirk on the Red River to Sandy Bar in Riverton, to Gimli and to Balsam Bay on Lake Winnipeg. We were available to drill holes and offer ice shelters to families who have never participated before. We handed out ice fishing rods to the kids that came and checked in with us and asked that participants send in pictures of being out enjoying time with family to enter into more draws.
Thank you to all our Volunteers and to all our sponsors for making this year a success even through a pandemic. Thank you to all participants for always making it “All About The Kids”
What an unbelievable time at this year’s KidFish Ice Derby. I can’t beleivebelieve it’s over. All I can say is , “WOW!” From the amazing turnout of families, the amount of fish caught, to all the prizes donated by our event sponsors and kind –hearted individuals, we could not ofhave planned it out any better. Even Mother Nature blessed us with mild weather. Everything was perfect, especially the attendance. We had a total of 1,127 participants at this year’s ice derby, and the best part is, 371 of them were kids. Talk about knocking the ball out of the park. On behalf of the organizing committee for the 2015 KidFish Ice Derby, I am pleased to announce through the sale of tickets, and combination of donations on the day of the derby, we have raised $34,405.25 for the Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation and The Children’s Hospital Foundation. These 2015 KidFish Ice Derby Results are truly impressive. What an unbelievable ride, you are all amazing. Thank you very much for all the support, and for making it, “All about the kids! “ " Here are the official 2015 KidFish Ice Derby Results: we had 1,127 participants and raised $34,405.25. The 2015 KidFish Ice Derby Results demonstrate the community’s incredible generosity.