96%$53,163Goal: $55,000

Brantford

Why Not City Missions

152 Walkers|23 Teams|11 Volunteers

The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because it’s cold out there. Join us on February 22, 2025 - team up, fundraise, and walk with us!

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About Why Not City Missions

What if we could prevent homelessness before people are actually on the streets? Good news! That's our goal.

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At Why Not City Missions, we work with high-risk youth to stabilize their lives and build their skills so they never have to live in a tent. We meet them in our youth drop-in centre and walk alongside them, with the goal to Empower Youth Through Relationship.

In 2021, we also started tackling the issue of youth homelessness directly by launching Why Not Youth Housing and opened our first house for young men, Charlie’s Place. In 2022, we purchased and opened SHYP (Supportive Housing for Young Parents), where our goal is to keep young families together by providing wrap-around supports from the start.

Our expenses have climbed as we have gone from supporting the youth centre to adding on the operation of two houses for previously homeless youth. The Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk makes a huge difference toward our ability to continue this vital work in and for our community.

Brantford Scoreboard

Are you thrashing the competition (for a good cause)? Find out here! Stats are updated every 15 minutes. See how you stack up on the national scoreboard >

Teams

Walkers

Challenge Teams

#	Team Name	Captain	Members	Raised
1	Skyline Brantford	Amanda Roorda	21	17,751.92
2	YNCU Brantford & Paris	Sandra Sousa	7	4,895.00
3	Team Bouma - Gillies	Phil Gillies	4	3,663.00
4	Mindful Path Counselling	Erin Sunstrum	13	3,220.00
5	The Home Depot Hammers	Andrew Lachance	6	3,075.00
6	The Popsicles	Michael Bosveld	5	2,350.00
7	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie	Thomas Roberts	6	2,215.00
8	Why Not Walkers	Why Not Supporters	1	2,150.00
9	Greg's Fan Club	Andrea Lisk	2	2,025.00
10	Charlie's Polar Bears	Charlie Kopczyk	2	975.00
11	Anderson College Brantford	Lexy Campbell	13	960.00
12	SHYP Mates	Krista Haluik	7	904.00
13	Fast and Furious	Mae Legg	3	875.00
14	Sole Sisters	Jodie Hart	4	850.00
15	Snow squad	Daniel Brinks	1	670.00
16	Turkstra Lumber Brantford	Shawn Simard	4	620.00
17	Kalyana	Angeline Savard	11	600.00
18	Clocktower Cluckers	Kevin Davis	4	450.00
19	The Kelly Crew	Theresa Kelly	6	395.00
20	Cold Feet	Jordan Laidlaw	5	350.00
21	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association	Ron Fox	8	350.00
22	Realty Advisors & Co	Nikki Vanderwal	6	35.00
23	Shermandale Farms Limited	Mattie Smith	1

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Amanda Roorda	Skyline Brantford	23	12,198.77
2	Sandra Sousa	YNCU Brantford & Paris	5	3,600.00
3	Jim Mackintosh	The Home Depot Hammers	2	2,550.00
4	Michael Bosveld	The Popsicles	3	1,050.00
5	Charlie Kopczyk	Charlie's Polar Bears	6	975.00
6	Glenda Willett	Greg's Fan Club	5	975.00
7	Patsy Mayhar-DeForest	Skyline Brantford	42	932.15
8	Andrea Lisk	Greg's Fan Club	27	845.00
9	Why Not Supporters	Why Not Walkers	4	780.00
10	Stephanie Dinsmore	Mindful Path Counselling	5	750.00
11	Robyn Luce	Skyline Brantford	7	683.50
12	Claire Howarth	Mindful Path Counselling	5	675.00
13	Daniel Brinks	Snow squad	3	670.00
14	Angeline Savard	Kalyana	9	600.00
15	Steph Scott	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie	2	550.00
16	Krista Haluik	SHYP Mates	7	550.00
17	Michael Richard	Skyline Brantford	3	550.00
18	Ruby Ellens		2	525.00
19	Nadia Kehoe & Chalena Noel	Skyline Brantford	6	510.00
20	De Vinson	Skyline Brantford	4	510.00
21	Pam Grandpre	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie	1	500.00
22	Taylor Bosveld	The Popsicles	1	500.00
23	Nicole Assogna	Anderson College Brantford	14	465.00
24	Holly Shaw	YNCU Brantford & Paris	6	395.00
25	Brigitte Murphy	Skyline Brantford	31	352.50
26	Hilary Vonk	Sole Sisters	3	350.00
27	Kathryn Lunn	YNCU Brantford & Paris	2	335.00
28	Phil Gillies	Team Bouma - Gillies	3	320.00
29	Reza Barzanjah	Fast and Furious	5	305.00
30	Leigh Ann Ditchburn	Fast and Furious	1	300.00
31	Melinda Mccormick	Skyline Brantford	2	300.00
32	M.J. Perry	Team Bouma - Gillies	4	275.00
33	Brendan Byrne	YNCU Brantford & Paris	5	275.00
34	John Murphy	Skyline Brantford	20	265.00
35	Jacqui Veino	Mindful Path Counselling	7	260.00
36	Erin Sunstrum	Mindful Path Counselling	5	250.00
37	Bernice Emery	Cold Feet	4	250.00
38	Janine Davies	Mindful Path Counselling	2	250.00
39	Jesseca Wellwood	Skyline Brantford	1	250.00
40	Ron Fox	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association	2	225.00
41	Ryan Spence	Turkstra Lumber Brantford	4	220.00
42	Amanda Parry	The Home Depot Hammers	4	220.00
43	Macy Woodhouse	Mindful Path Counselling	8	220.00
44	Peter Figueiredo	YNCU Brantford & Paris	5	215.00
45	Kevin Davis	Clocktower Cluckers	1	200.00
46	Kyle Dinsmore	Mindful Path Counselling	1	200.00
47	Ornella Marinic	Mindful Path Counselling	4	200.00
48	Michelle Cloutier	SHYP Mates	4	181.00
49	Jodie Hart	Sole Sisters	2	175.00
50	Juanita Van Berkel	Sole Sisters	2	175.00
51	KEITH CLOUTIER	SHYP Mates	6	173.00
52	Amber (Bailey) Hargreaves	Anderson College Brantford	4	170.00
53	Andrew Lachance	The Home Depot Hammers	3	150.00
54	Sarah Otten	Sole Sisters	2	150.00
55	Michael Bradley	Clocktower Cluckers	1	150.00
56	Sarah Disher		1	150.00
57	Sam Robdrup	Turkstra Lumber Brantford	1	150.00
58	Thomas Roberts	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie	4	140.00
59	Maddison-lynn Martin	Skyline Brantford	5	130.00
60	Isaiah Steele	Skyline Brantford	2	125.00
61	Douglas Gallant	Skyline Brantford	3	100.00
62	Jordan Ellens	The Popsicles	1	100.00
63	Connie Hill	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie	1	100.00
64	Jill Swan	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association	1	100.00
65	Michaela Kargus	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie	1	100.00
66	Clo Marie		3	80.00
67	Jordan Laidlaw	Cold Feet	3	80.00
68	Chanda Dean	Skyline Brantford	1	75.00
69	Carol Alford	Skyline Brantford	2	75.00
70	Cory Heather	Anderson College Brantford	5	55.00
71	Marylisa Forsyth	The Home Depot Hammers	1	55.00
72	Richard Paolini		1	50.00
73	Robert Forsyth	The Home Depot Hammers	1	50.00
74	Paula Porter	Mindful Path Counselling	1	50.00
75	Kyle Allen	YNCU Brantford & Paris	1	50.00
76	Kevin LaFontaine	Skyline Brantford	1	50.00
77	Rose Sicoli	Clocktower Cluckers	1	50.00
78	Ray Petro	Clocktower Cluckers	1	50.00
79	Christine Cronmiller	Anderson College Brantford	2	40.00
80	Dakota Woodhouse	Anderson College Brantford	2	40.00
81	Eyeisha Loften	Anderson College Brantford	2	40.00
82	Nikki Vanderwal	Realty Advisors & Co	1	25.00
83	Daniella Hunte	YNCU Brantford & Paris	1	25.00
84	Isabella Fox	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association	1	25.00
85	Lexy Campbell	Anderson College Brantford	1	20.00
86	Kennedy LAIDLAW	Cold Feet	1	20.00
87	Lilly Tremblay	Anderson College Brantford	1	20.00
88	Cathy Dickson	Anderson College Brantford	1	20.00
89	Madison Ashton	Anderson College Brantford	1	20.00
90	Mae Legg	Fast and Furious	1	20.00
91	Chris MacLean	Mindful Path Counselling	1	20.00
92	Chris Butler	Anderson College Brantford	1	20.00
93	Kaitlin Sioen	Realty Advisors & Co	1	10.00
94	Heather Swan	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association
95	Jill Fox	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association
96	Robin Bouck	Mindful Path Counselling
97	Aishwarya Sharma	Kalyana
98	Erin Fearman
99	Chris Costabile	Realty Advisors & Co
100	Kendra Beer	Kalyana
101	Shania Rous	Kalyana
102	Michelle N	SHYP Mates
103	Emery Laidlaw	Cold Feet
104	Amber Aitken Graham	SHYP Mates
105	Amanda Yost	Realty Advisors & Co
106	Emma Vujaklija	Kalyana
107	Lisa Clermont	Skyline Brantford
108	Theresa Kelly	The Kelly Crew
109	CAROLYN PROULX-WOOTTON	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie
110	Jamie Farrington	Skyline Brantford
111	Matthew Kelly	The Kelly Crew
112	Councillor Richard Carpenter	Charlie's Polar Bears
113	KAITLYN NEVEN	SHYP Mates
114	Maddison-Lynn Martin	Skyline Brantford
115	ROB NEVEN	SHYP Mates
116	Edward Laman	Team Bouma - Gillies
117	David Kelly	The Kelly Crew
118	Patty Walford	Kalyana
119	Wyatt Kelly	The Kelly Crew
120	Karen Noordam
121	Masha Kostikova	Kalyana
122	Kelly Kaczur	Mindful Path Counselling
123	Sheila Gardiner
124	Nakita Chechalk	Realty Advisors & Co
125	Heather Johnson	The Home Depot Hammers
126	Dylan Feltz	Anderson College Brantford
127	Lisa Koivunen
128	Ken Beal	Kalyana
129	Adia Kelly	The Kelly Crew
130	Kelly Johnson	The Popsicles
131	Cyndi Laman	Team Bouma - Gillies
132	Shawn Simard	Turkstra Lumber Brantford
133	Jim Minns	Turkstra Lumber Brantford
134	DENNIS KELLY	The Kelly Crew
135	James Calnan	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association
136	Brittany Bethune	Realty Advisors & Co
137	Kern Francis	Kalyana
138	Taylor Craftchick	Kalyana
139	Thomas Hamilton
140	Mattie Smith	Shermandale Farms Limited
141	Abby Fox	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association
142	Alicia Laidlaw	Cold Feet
143	Emma Fox	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association

#	Organization	Team Name	Members	Raised
1	Skyline Group of Companies	Skyline Brantford	21	17,751.92
2	YNCU	YNCU Brantford & Paris	7	4,895.00
3	Brantford-Brant PC Association	Team Bouma - Gillies	4	3,663.00
4	Home Depot	The Home Depot Hammers	6	3,075.00
5	ETFO	ETFO Educators of Grand Erie	6	2,215.00
6	Anderson College Brantford	Anderson College Brantford	13	960.00
7	Turkstra Lumber	Turkstra Lumber Brantford	4	620.00
8	Kalyana	Kalyana	11	600.00
9	City of Brantford - Mayor's Office	Clocktower Cluckers	4	450.00
10	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Assoc	Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Association	8	350.00
11	Realty Advisors & Co	Realty Advisors & Co	6	35.00

Matching
Funds

2025 Challenge:
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Community Sponsors

Brantford (Why Not City Missions) is super grateful for our fantastic 2025 sponsors! View all sponsors >

Carrie Van Dixhoorn - Realtor

Route Sponsor

Brantford Professional Fire Fighters

Route Sponsor

Strickland's Brantford

Route Sponsor

Lite 92

Media Sponsor

Top Challengers

Got a big-hearted business, workplace, group, church, or community? Step up and join the Challenge to compete for your local pride in support of CNOY. Check the National Challengeboard to see more!

Skyline Group of Companies$17,751.92Corporate > Real Estate

Skyline Brantford$17,752

YNCU$4,895.00Corporate > Financial and Insurance

YNCU Brantford & Paris$4,895

Brantford-Brant PC Association$3,663.00

Home Depot$3,075.00Corporate > Goods and Services

The Home Depot Hammers$3,075

ETFO$2,215.00

Anderson College Brantford$960.00

Turkstra Lumber$620.00Corporate > Construction

Turkstra Lumber Brantford$620

Kalyana$600.00

City of Brantford - Mayor's Office$450.00

Brantford Brant Provincial Liberal Assoc$350.00

Realty Advisors & Co$35.00

Event Day Details

Save the date - CNOY Day is February 22, 2025!

Start/Finish Google Map

Mohawk Park Pavillion

51 Lynnwood Dr.

Brantford, ON

N3S6S3

Our walk will start and end at the Pavillion at the bottom of the hill

Schedule

4:00 pm: Meet Check-in

4:45 pm: Muster Gather for Opening Remarks

5:00 pm: Move Send-off

6:00 pm: Munch Light meal served

7:00 pm: Mosey Goodbye + see you in 2026!

Not able to join us in person at the Main Event? We hope you'll register, fundraise and walk offsite with friends and family.

Route Details

Route Distances: Check out the maps below to see where we will be walking.

Rest stop: Keep an eye out for opportunities to rest and refresh with yummy snacks along the route.

Signage: Routes will be well-signed with our bold blue CNOY signs.

Route Support: Route marshals, rest stop hosts, and support vehicle drivers provide support along the route.

Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

No Pets: We love our little furballs like you do, but pets are not permitted at the Coldest Night of the Year except for approved and trained service animals. Read more about our pet policy >

Check-In

All walkers participating at the Main Event on Saturday, February 22, 2025 must check-in upon arrival.

Toques! Fundraising walkers who raise $150+ (or $75+ for those under 18) will receive a CNOY toque as a thank you on event day, while supplies last.

Offsite fundraising walkers can contact their local event director to arrange toque pickup the week of the event.

Have questions? Visit the FAQ section!

Handling Money

Credit Card: The Best Option! Simple, secure, automatically tax receipted for gifts of $20+. Visit the Donate page, share your personal page link, or have your donor call the CNOY Head Office.

Cheques: The Old Faithful - made out to Coldest Night of the Year with your name on the Memo line. Mail them to CNOY Head Office along with your completed pledge form.

Cash: You have 2 options:

1. Login to FundHub, click “Enter $$ and Cheques,” create pledges for your cash donations, pay them off with your personal credit card, and keep the cash. OR...

2. Write a cheque (made out to “Coldest Night of the Year”) for the total amount of cash you’ve collected. Mail it to the CNOY Head Office with your completed pledge sheet.

Waivers

All participants must register online and accept the electronic waiver.

Adults accept the waiver automatically when they register online.

Youth/Children under the age of majority need a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

An online form will be emailed to all parents/guardians before CNOY Day.

You may also bring a filled-out printed waiver.

Waivers will also be available at check-in on CNOY Day.

What to Bring

A few common sense suggestions:

A cell phone for emergencies (recommended but not required)

Good waterproof shoes/boots for walking

Warm coat and mitts/gloves

Extra snacks if you have allergies or food sensitivities

Your own water bottle

A passion for the charity you're walking and fundraising for!

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Brantford Maps

Check out this year's CNOY route maps below:

5kmView + print!

2kmView + print!

Start and End is at Mohawk Park Pavillion at the bottom of the hill

Contact Us

CNOY Brantford 2025

The CNOY Team Participant & Donor Services
Toll Free 1.877.743.3413 / Phone 519.603.2250
Email brantford@cnoy.org

Brantford

Why Not City Missions

152 Walkers|23 Teams|11 Volunteers

About Why Not City Missions

Brantford Scoreboard

Are you thrashing the competition (for a good cause)? Find out here! Stats are updated every 15 minutes. See how you stack up on the national scoreboard >

Community Sponsors

Brantford (Why Not City Missions) is super grateful for our fantastic 2025 sponsors! View all sponsors >

Top Challengers

Got a big-hearted business, workplace, group, church, or community? Step up and join the Challenge to compete for your local pride in support of CNOY. Check the National Challengeboard to see more!

Event Day Details

Save the date - CNOY Day is February 22, 2025!

Start/Finish Google Map

Mohawk Park Pavillion

51 Lynnwood Dr.

Brantford, ON

N3S6S3

Schedule

Not able to join us in person at the Main Event? We hope you'll register, fundraise and walk offsite with friends and family.

Route Details

Check-In

Have questions? Visit the FAQ section!

Handling Money

Waivers

All participants must register online and accept the electronic waiver.

What to Bring

A few common sense suggestions:

Brantford Maps

Check out this year's CNOY route maps below:

Contact Us

CNOY Brantford 2025

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