There comes a time in every young Jewish boy and girls life where they celebrate entering adulthood, known as a Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah respectively. It marks the moment they begin to take on adult responsibilities and focus on how they can make their community a...
HEROS News
HEROS Moves West – Announcing Our New Victoria Chapter
Continuing our 20th anniversary season celebration, our final program announcement for the coming season is that Victoria, B.C. will be our newest HEROS program this fall. Victoria will be home to our 23rd program and our 11th city across Canada. Working in...
Good Things Come in Threes! Third Super HEROS Chapter Opening in Edmonton
We would like to congratulate our long time HEROS Ambassador Jay Bouwmeester and the St. Louis Blues for their Stanley Cup victory in June. We’ve got some exciting news for Jay’s hometown, we would like to announce the launching of our third Super HEROS program in...
Super HEROS Calgary is Growing!
Based on the success of the inaugural Super HEROS season in Calgary and with the help of our partners The Sutter Fund, The Flames Foundation, Hockey Alberta, Canadian Tire Jumpstart […]
Our Newest Super HEROS Chapter – Welcome Regina!
Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images We are very excited to announce that a new Super HEROS chapter will be opening in Regina, Saskatchewan this fall, hometown of our newest NHL Ambassador Tyler Bozak. Our newest members will join more than 800...
HEROS 2019 Graduating Class
A note from President and Founder Norm Flynn: When most people hear the song It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year they think of Christmas: festive cheer, spending time with family and celebrating the season. When I think of that song, I think of...
Sponsor Profile – Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton
It is organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters (BGCBigs) of Edmonton that allow HEROS to reach the number of kids that we do. BCGBigs works in partnership with local schools to identify youth who could benefit from the HEROS program and...
Player Profile – Teila
A majority of youth in Canada grow up in a system designed to promote social interaction, for example attending school where we are exposed to peers on a daily basis. Teila took a different path to her education having been homeschooled since an early age. While the...
HEROS Positive Impact on Youth
Today’s youth are faced with very difficult challenges. Social media, school demands, interacting with their peers and unreal expectations of success are challenges that previous generations may not have had to deal with on the same level. Youth who are at a...
Volunteer Profile – Alex May
When people describe Alexander May, a few of the descriptors used are words like humble, mature and a superior leader. Alex began volunteering at HEROS in 2014 and at the time was our youngest volunteer in all of Canada. He started off as a volunteer/mentor, tying...