HEROS’ impact stretches beyond Canada’s borders, far across the Atlantic to our International program in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Once a year, a few of our volunteers travel to Northern Ireland for a week-long hockey camp to help bridge longstanding cultural and...
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Player Profile – Noeally & Thanny
Since its inception the Ottawa HEROS chapter has been seeing double. Noeally and Thanny have confused volunteers and mentors a few times on the ice and it would be easy to do seeing as both girls are goalies and they are twins! Each have been members of the Ottawa...
Sponsor Profile – Platinum Jets
When a group of childhood friends entered university together nearly 40 years ago they had no way of knowing the positive impact they would have on their community. The Platinum Jets are a collection of friends who grew up together in the north end of Winnipeg. Two of...
Play it Forward
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 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...