45%$103,066Goal: $225,000

Kitchener

Ray of Hope Community Centre

446 Walkers|63 Teams|65 Volunteers|17 Days Left

The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities serving people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because it’s cold out there. Join us on February 28, 2026 - across the country, close to home!

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About Ray of Hope Community Centre

The Ray of Hope Community Centre, located in downtown Kitchener, serves people experiencing poverty and homelessness. Services include,

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daily hot meals (we're open 365 days a year)

a Marketplace food hamper program

Showers, laundry, haircuts, clothing, and hygiene items

Chaplaincy

Staff and volunteer support

Programing and services

Access to nurses for primary care, foot care, and mental health

and more!

Join us on February 28th, 2026! Together, we can warm up the night.

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Teams

Walkers

#	Team Name	Captain	Members	Raised
1	Wilmot Centre Walkers	Murray Coulter	3	6,135.00
2	G-Force: Grandview Church	Karen Bast	33	5,580.00
3	Combat Hunger	Roman Hatashita	1	5,503.00
4	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	Michael Brnjas	20	5,445.00
5	Benton Youth	Nathan Avery	31	5,128.00
6	Oasis Mennonite Church	Ken Martin	10	5,085.00
7	Chaos with a Cause CC	Savannah Bromley	15	4,376.00
8	Another Manic Monday	Dana Montgomery	7	3,715.00
9	YNCU Corporate South	Anita Araujo	18	3,225.88
10	Rockin' Rays	Mitchell Vandermey	6	3,200.00
11	Lincoln Roaders	David McKee	12	2,865.00
12	Creekstriders	Sarah Eggert	12	2,625.00
13	Pathway Community Church	Darryl Buckle	10	2,540.00
14	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	Ashley Medeiros	25	2,385.00
15	S'more walkers	David Landry	8	2,015.00
16	Mighty Quinns	Ian Pollock	10	1,730.00
17	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	Terri Whiffin	10	1,660.00
18	Benediction Church	Shannie Dereniuk	12	1,504.00
19	Hope in the night	Reuben Brunsting	5	1,331.82
20	The Centre for Family Medicine	Rachel Chisholm	6	1,175.00
21	Team Ray of Hope	Kyla Arsenault	4	1,075.00
22	Maggie’s misfits	Cheryl MacLean	4	1,025.00
23	Kitchener Rotary	Jenna Hammond	4	900.00
24	Base Champions	Dave Champion	9	800.00
25	Pharmacy Phamily	Milana Madzarac	8	690.00
26	Walkers For Hope	Penny Forget	2	650.00
27	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	Larissa Conley	8	635.00
28	CISV waterloo	Emily Molnar-Snyder	6	600.00
29	Immanuel Pentecostal Church	David WIlkinson	2	570.00
30	Mission: Employed	Julia Needham	3	550.00
31	KW Libro	Jenna Morwood	5	535.00
32	Baden Central Outreach	Dan Dreer	1	505.00
33	Conrad Grebel University College	Braelyn Franz	10	438.86
34	Team Gill	Rodney Gill	1	430.00
35	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	Jeff Collett	3	425.00
36	Kitchener Centre NDP	Kimiko Shibata	3	400.00
37	KJR U11 Select Team	Olly Nespoli	7	350.00
38	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	Peter Irwin	14	315.00
39	Uptown Community Church	Katrina Brunsting	6	300.00
40	Colour the Night	Lisa Reitzel	2	275.00
41	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM	Rob Piombini	5	200.00
42	Scotia Spark	Karem Orellana	5	195.00
43	Mapleview Mennonite Church	Chris and Lucas Albrecht	1	175.00
44	Starbucks 235	John Elliott	7	173.55
45	The Freeze Knees	Kristen Smith	2	150.00
46	Praught Sneezers	Muriel Praught	2	150.00
47	Dragons	Karen Liphard	12	125.00
48	84 Dream Team	Lisa Potter-Marche	4	110.00
49	Dani and the Boys	Danielle Ringer	1	100.00
50	Team TCS - Kitchener	Venu Bommagani	1	100.00
51	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty	Allan Cayenne	7	50.00
52	Collabria Financial - Kitchener	Evan Schneider	1	50.00
53	U11BBKJRBLUE	Paula Connolly	1	25.00
54	Kindred Credit Union	Owen Prutton	3
55	Forest Heights Community Association	Betty Papazotos	3
56	YNCU (Kitchener)	David Fotia	7
57	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills	Ryan Kennedy	2
58	Recovering Stepworkers	Kelly Waytowich	1
59	LifeNorth.Church	LifeNorth. Church	2
60	Warming Heart’s ??	Lisa Mellon	1
61	Sunny Cats	Emilia Morra	1
62	Indigenous Vets	Bill Ridley	1
63	Vida Team	Cindy Aponte	1

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Harold and Darlene Albrecht	Wilmot Centre Walkers	24	5,825.00
2	Roman Hatashita	Combat Hunger	22	5,503.00
3	Rachel Anderson	Oasis Mennonite Church	21	2,820.00
4	John Murray	Chaos with a Cause CC	8	1,926.00
5	Dana Montgomery	Another Manic Monday	28	1,750.00
6	Gareth Goossen	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	15	1,690.00
7	Lisa Treleaven		17	1,600.00
8	Bill and MJ Goudy	G-Force: Grandview Church	15	1,300.00
9	Ken Martin	Oasis Mennonite Church	10	1,175.00
10	Alex Kalmar		14	1,125.00
11	Anthony Piscitelli	YNCU Corporate South	11	1,125.00
12	Trudy Pollock	Mighty Quinns	6	1,050.00
13	melanie reist	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	9	975.00
14	Wendy & David Harris	Creekstriders	5	900.00
15	Dan Wideman	Chaos with a Cause CC	7	900.00
16	Kyla Arsenault	Team Ray of Hope	8	875.00
17	David Landry	S'more walkers	8	825.00
18	Christine Regier		7	775.00
19	Reuben Brunsting	Hope in the night	5	751.82
20	Cindy Fish	YNCU Corporate South	9	750.00
21	Jessie Brown		17	700.00
22	Johnny Montgomery	Another Manic Monday	6	700.00
23	Scott Brown	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	700.00
24	Sarah, Jon, Tyson, Maggie , Fiona Bester	The Centre for Family Medicine	10	675.00
25	Abigail Hissa	Creekstriders	6	650.00
26	Ryan Robinson		11	650.00
27	Derrien Kish	Lincoln Roaders	3	650.00
28	Terry Pardys	G-Force: Grandview Church	12	640.00
29	Tanya Delleman	Pathway Community Church	9	635.00
30	Mitchell Vandermey	Rockin' Rays	2	600.00
31	Elsie Feddema	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	12	565.00
32	Brad Kish	Lincoln Roaders	2	550.00
33	Sara McKnight	Chaos with a Cause CC	4	550.00
34	David McKee	Lincoln Roaders	2	550.00
35	CoreyAnne Beaton	Immanuel Pentecostal Church	10	520.00
36	Amelia Howey	Another Manic Monday	8	515.00
37	Dan Dreer	Baden Central Outreach	4	505.00
38	Merle Burkholder	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	500.00
39	Ray Brunsting	Hope in the night	1	500.00
40	Ian Pollock	Mighty Quinns	2	500.00
41	Carolyn Warnica	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	500.00
42	Laura & Otto	Pathway Community Church	7	475.00
43	Tonya Verburg	Rockin' Rays	6	450.00
44	Helen Gallinger	Creekstriders	5	450.00
45	Penny Forget	Walkers For Hope	6	445.00
46	Harper Verhoeve		6	430.00
47	James Scott	G-Force: Grandview Church	5	430.00
48	Cheryl MacLean	Maggie’s misfits	4	425.00
49	Ingrid Klein	G-Force: Grandview Church	4	400.00
50	Shelly Porteous		4	400.00
51	Luke Hansen	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	4	400.00
52	Tonja Hansen-Klinck	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	5	400.00
53	Wesley, Melissa & Scott Clark	The Centre for Family Medicine	5	400.00
54	Isla Ozutok	CISV waterloo	4	400.00
55	Susan McLaren	Maggie’s misfits	6	400.00
56	Blair Allen	Lincoln Roaders	7	400.00
57	Jennifer Landry	S'more walkers	4	395.00
58	Heather Gross	Pathway Community Church	9	390.00
59	Pedro Quinonez	YNCU Corporate South	7	380.00
60	Karen Bast	G-Force: Grandview Church	3	375.00
61	Lucas Stryker	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	8	365.00
62	Adrian DeCoo	Kitchener Rotary	4	350.00
63	Terri Whiffin	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	2	350.00
64	Beckett Lawless	Benton Youth	6	350.00
65	Rajat Malhotra	Another Manic Monday	8	350.00
66	Margaret/Joe/Samuel Wilton	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	6	350.00
67	Graham Faulkner	S'more walkers	6	345.00
68	Katherine Fallon	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	3	330.00
69	Rodney Gill	Team Gill	6	330.00
70	Joel Deschamps	Another Manic Monday	9	330.00
71	Savannah Bromley	Chaos with a Cause CC	4	325.00
72	Kira Boles	Creekstriders	5	325.00
73	Joe Aspden	YNCU Corporate South	4	320.88
74	Emma Rice	Benton Youth	7	320.00
75	Darryl Buckle	Pathway Community Church	2	310.00
76	Eli Elliotson	Benton Youth	5	300.00
77	Kimiko Shibata	Kitchener Centre NDP	2	300.00
78	Jenna Morwood	KW Libro	5	300.00
79	Jim Barnett	G-Force: Grandview Church	4	300.00
80	Kyden Elliotson	Benton Youth	5	300.00
81	Tera Dargavel	Benton Youth	8	295.00
82	Harry Clark	Benton Youth	5	292.00
83	Jakob Peters	Benton Youth	3	281.00
84	RICHARD BEAN	Oasis Mennonite Church	2	275.00
85	Georgia Barlow	Benediction Church	2	275.00
86	Daniel Kitcher	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	2	270.00
87	Aveline Rice	Benton Youth	6	270.00
88	Erika Mutimura	Pharmacy Phamily	4	250.00
89	Julia Needham	Mission: Employed	1	250.00
90	Nathan Avery	Benton Youth	2	250.00
91	Greg Reed	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	250.00
92	Nathan Barrenechea	Benton Youth	3	250.00
93	Kirk Sommers	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	1	250.00
94	Nicole Rossi	Mission: Employed	1	250.00
95	Glenda Karn	Pathway Community Church	4	250.00
96	Robert Leggo	YNCU Corporate South	2	250.00
97	Brad Duxbury	Chaos with a Cause CC	3	250.00
98	Michelle Burke	Kitchener Westmount Rotary Club	6	250.00
99	Mateah Rice	Benton Youth	5	245.00
100	Curtis Cressman	Oasis Mennonite Church	5	240.00
101	LARRY PENNANEN	Pathway Community Church	2	240.00
102	Shenelle Dogliotti	Benediction Church	2	227.00
103	Marco Dogliotti	Benediction Church	2	227.00
104	Cheryl Nagle	G-Force: Grandview Church	5	220.00
105	Amanda R	Rockin' Rays	4	205.00
106	Jenna Hammond	Kitchener Rotary	3	200.00
107	Bryan Drader	Lincoln Roaders	2	200.00
108	Sue Koch	Team Ray of Hope	2	200.00
109	Anna Van Es	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	3	200.00
110	Terezinha Hignett	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM	3	200.00
111	Michelle Knowles	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	2	200.00
112	Adam Knowles	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	3	200.00
113	Sue Parker	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	200.00
114	Sawyer Millard	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	6	200.00
115	Vera Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	6	195.00
116	Karis Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	6	195.00
117	Anderson Wright	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	3	180.00
118	Stefanie Morrissey	Colour the Night	3	175.00
119	Murray Coulter	Wilmot Centre Walkers	2	175.00
120	Éowyn Clifford	Benton Youth	3	175.00
121	Jean-Pierre Forget	Walkers For Hope	3	155.00
122	Weber Family	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	2	150.00
123	Cindy McLean	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	150.00
124	Bradley Gordon	Benediction Church	2	150.00
125	Katrina Brunsting	Uptown Community Church	1	150.00
126	Cheryl Saunders	Base Champions	1	150.00
127	Rupert Saunders	Base Champions	1	150.00
128	Jeff Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	150.00
129	Aramis Jahn	Benton Youth	2	150.00
130	Sylvie Drader	Lincoln Roaders	1	150.00
131	Kiley Moore	Conrad Grebel University College	1	150.00
132	Kristen Hines	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	2	150.00
133	Kate Wilson	Maggie’s misfits	1	150.00
134	Lucia Hines	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	2	150.00
135	Karen Chisholm	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	150.00
136	Victor Morton	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	150.00
137	Kristen Smith	The Freeze Knees	2	150.00
138	Meadow Kaastra	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	3	145.00
139	Cohen Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	135.00
140	Shelley Johnson	Wilmot Centre Walkers	3	135.00
141	Shannie Dereniuk	Benediction Church	2	125.00
142	Melinda Recchia	Pharmacy Phamily	3	125.00
143	Wendy Saulesleja	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	125.00
144	Billie Ross	Chaos with a Cause CC	3	125.00
145	Declan Kukula	Benton Youth	3	125.00
146	Milana Madzarac	Pharmacy Phamily	4	115.00
147	Anita Araujo	YNCU Corporate South	2	100.00
148	Jeff Collett	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	1	100.00
149	Sarah Eggert	Creekstriders	1	100.00
150	Carmen Macoretta	KPMG Waterloo Region	1	100.00
151	Ethia Gakunzi	Benton Youth	2	100.00
152	Daniela Andrasi	Base Champions	1	100.00
153	Vitus Armand Andrasi	Base Champions	1	100.00
154	Ryan Carruthers	Benediction Church	1	100.00
155	Lisa Reitzel	Colour the Night	1	100.00
156	Sylvia Decker	The Centre for Family Medicine	1	100.00
157	Christian Larsen	Benton Youth	2	100.00
158	Venu Bommagani	Team TCS - Kitchener	1	100.00
159	Andrew Glendon		2	100.00
160	Logan Chin	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	100.00
161	Theodore Landry	S'more walkers	3	100.00
162	Felix Landry	S'more walkers	3	100.00
163	Pierce Landry	S'more walkers	3	100.00
164	Paul Rostrup	Kitchener Rotary	1	100.00
165	Caleb Enns	Uptown Community Church	1	100.00
166	Trinity Spry	Mighty Quinns	2	100.00
167	Ethan Matthison	Benton Youth	3	100.00
168	Naomi Matthison	Benton Youth	3	100.00
169	Veronica Carruthers	Benediction Church	1	100.00
170	John Cummings	Lincoln Roaders	2	100.00
171	Hope Gakunzi	Benton Youth	3	100.00
172	Georgie Mitchell	KW Libro	2	100.00
173	Nolan Smith	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	2	100.00
174	Danielle Ringer	Dani and the Boys	3	100.00
175	Victoria Lehmann	CISV waterloo	2	100.00
176	Jacob Hay	Chaos with a Cause CC	2	100.00
177	Ken Schultz	Creekstriders	1	100.00
178	Gary Winterhalt	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	2	100.00
179	Gustavo de Azevedo Silva	Benton Youth	2	100.00
180	Creekside Singles	Creekstriders	1	100.00
181	Kiersten McLeod	Benediction Church	1	100.00
182	Savannah Winker	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	100.00
183	Mitchell Terpstra	Benton Youth	2	100.00
184	Sonja Petersen	Benton Youth	3	100.00
185	Jan Blackburn	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	100.00
186	Braelyn Franz	Conrad Grebel University College	1	100.00
187	Xander Xiong	Benediction Church	1	100.00
188	Megha Bansal	Rockin' Rays	1	100.00
189	Dave Champion	Base Champions	1	100.00
190	Emsley Kukula	Benton Youth	3	100.00
191	Eliana Gakunzi	Benton Youth	3	100.00
192	BJ Champion	Base Champions	1	100.00
193	Meredith Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	3	95.00
194	Anna Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	90.00
195	Amelia Lewicki	Lincoln Roaders	3	85.00
196	Alyssa Lewicki	Lincoln Roaders	3	80.00
197	Eponine Loney	Pathway Community Church	3	80.00
198	Evangeline Loney	Pathway Community Church	3	80.00
199	Ephraim Loney	Pathway Community Church	3	80.00
200	Sarah Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	75.00
201	Joel Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	75.00
202	Muriel Praught	Praught Sneezers	1	75.00
203	Jadon Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	75.00
204	Ellie Dyck	Benton Youth	2	75.00
205	Shannah-Lyn Clifford	Benton Youth	2	75.00
206	Suellen Vieira de Souza	Benton Youth	1	75.00
207	Zara Sen	Benton Youth	1	75.00
208	Efrem Mulu	Benton Youth	1	75.00
209	Tolu Adeleye	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	2	75.00
210	Hannah Beyene	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	2	75.00
211	Selome Mulu	Benton Youth	1	75.00
212	Yonatan Mulu	Benton Youth	1	75.00
213	Mila McMurray	Conrad Grebel University College	1	75.00
214	Nate Carl	KJR U11 Select Team	2	75.00
215	Finn Carl	KJR U11 Select Team	2	75.00
216	Alan Praught	Praught Sneezers	1	75.00
217	Tori Rocha	Starbucks 235	2	73.55
218	Berlin Nixon	Mighty Quinns	3	60.00
219	Lisa Potter-Marche	84 Dream Team	2	60.00
220	Mary Corry	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	2	60.00
221	Chloe France	KW Libro	2	55.00
222	Sara Clarke	KW Libro	2	55.00
223	Silas Mutter	KJR U11 Select Team	1	50.00
224	Sarah Towers	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	50.00
225	Jeremy Bishop	KJR U11 Select Team	1	50.00
226	Lucy Gardiner	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
227	Maria Scholman	Conrad Grebel University College	1	50.00
228	David WIlkinson	Immanuel Pentecostal Church	1	50.00
229	Karem Orellana	Scotia Spark	2	50.00
230	Heather Burry Dodd	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
231	Scott Dodd	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
232	Phil Lehmann	CISV waterloo	1	50.00
233	Darlene Dakin	Dragons	1	50.00
234	Breanne Tessaro	Mission: Employed	1	50.00
235	Luke Bolhous	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
236	Madeline Jones	Benediction Church	1	50.00
237	Chris and Lucas Albrecht	Mapleview Mennonite Church	1	50.00
238	David Brunsting	Uptown Community Church	1	50.00
239	Rachel Elkin	CISV waterloo	2	50.00
240	Calvin Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
241	Jordan Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
242	Reg Lewicki	Lincoln Roaders	1	50.00
243	Jill Sadler	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty	1	50.00
244	Michael Brnjas	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	50.00
245	Alaia Brito Lopez	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	50.00
246	PersonGuy Hu	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	50.00
247	Amirault Clan	Lincoln Roaders	1	50.00
248	Kohen Faulkner	S'more walkers	1	50.00
249	Brisha Marli Clark	84 Dream Team	1	50.00
250	Lily-Anna Faulkner	S'more walkers	1	50.00
251	Tiffany Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
252	Hannah Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
253	Jonathan Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
254	Fiona Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
255	Karen Liphard	Dragons	2	45.00
256	Kara Brunsting	Hope in the night	1	40.00
257	Matthew Williams	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	40.00
258	Caleb Martin	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	40.00
259	Hannah den Bak	Hope in the night	2	40.00
260	Lesley Chiasson	Dragons	1	30.00
261	Abdu Lounici	KW Libro	1	25.00
262	Andre Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	25.00
263	Devorah Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	25.00
264	Elliot Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	25.00
265	Megan Bourdeau	Another Manic Monday	1	25.00
266	Paula Connolly	U11BBKJRBLUE	1	25.00
267	Blake Jolley	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	25.00
268	Faith Kennedy	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	25.00
269	Brian Blake	Another Manic Monday	1	25.00
270	Nishola Shittu	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	20.00
271	Macy Nixon	Mighty Quinns	1	20.00
272	Lisa Gaetan	Scotia Spark	1	20.00
273	Jenna Paikowsky		1	20.00
274	Larissa Conley	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
275	Nathaniel Samis	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
276	Lori Brodie	Maggie’s misfits
277	Noah Schiedel	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
278	Sarah Ward	Benediction Church
279	alexandre lamarche	YNCU Corporate South
280	David Fotia	YNCU (Kitchener)
281	Yuliia Poliakova	Kitchener Rotary
282	Evan Schneider	Collabria Financial - Kitchener
283	Maria Oreshkin	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
284	Kae Ainsworth	Starbucks 235
285	Tia Tuinstra	Mighty Quinns
286	Jonathan Gardiner	G-Force: Grandview Church
287	Joan Hartwig	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
288	Alicia Elvins	Dragons
289	Eric Kosel	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
290	Ryan Kennedy	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills
291	Rob Piombini	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
292	Tunde Abiodun	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
293	Dalibor Radulovic	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
294	Merve Ozbek	84 Dream Team
295	Becky Ewan	Pharmacy Phamily
296	Maeve Wilson	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
297	Devon Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
298	Karen Power	Mighty Quinns
299	Cailean Thompson	Starbucks 235
300	Julia, Fraser, Emma and Lacey Hutton	The Centre for Family Medicine
301	Erika Guderian	Uptown Community Church
302	Kaite Ghent	Mighty Quinns
303	Ruhama Amar	YNCU Corporate South
304	Leslie Hurst	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
305	Heidi Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church
306	Aislinn Clancy
307	Bill Ridley	Indigenous Vets
308	Amber Kieffer	Creekstriders
309	Navdeep singh	Chaos with a Cause CC
310	Julia Strong	Conrad Grebel University College
311	Vanessa Hoff	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills
312	Joanna Niemi	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
313	Caleb Jukes	Uptown Community Church
314	Stella Erotokritou	YNCU (Kitchener)
315	Tom Legrady	Kitchener Centre NDP
316	Allan Cayenne	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
317	Lisa Pokrajac	Dragons
318	Kenton Shantz	Oasis Mennonite Church
319	Zack Hall	Chaos with a Cause CC
320	Mark Stromenberg	Chaos with a Cause CC
321	Ayushi Ayushi	Scotia Spark
322	Charles Pushparajah	Mighty Quinns
323	Madeline Frey	Conrad Grebel University College
324	Salman Bin Jasim	YNCU Corporate South
325	Derek Maddicks	Chaos with a Cause CC
326	Zach Harwood	Benediction Church
327	Rachel Hughes	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
328	Katy Biersteker
329	Sarah Fortuna	YNCU Corporate South
330	Tricia Snider	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
331	Kathleen Green	Kindred Credit Union
332	Peter Kotwicz
333	Mary Stanley	Pharmacy Phamily
334	Scott Starra	Rockin' Rays
335	Kathy Elliott	Kindred Credit Union
336	Katiana Wieczorek	Conrad Grebel University College
337	Tracy Miller	Dragons
338	Nancy Penhorwood	YNCU (Kitchener)
339	Jenn Kyei	YNCU Corporate South
340	Sam Giesler-Brown	The Centre for Family Medicine
341	Kristian Nessel	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
342	Gustavo Guimaraes	YNCU Corporate South
343	Ibi Brown	Dragons
344	Murray and Jackie Hill	Pathway Community Church
345	Evan Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church
346	Tony Smith	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
347	Bethany Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church
348	Carolyn Crozier	Dragons
349	Thao Vu	Conrad Grebel University College
350	StrykerZ Kitchen & Bar
351	Lisa Mellon	Warming Heart’s ??
352	Emily Molnar-Snyder	CISV waterloo
353	Cihan Saracoglu
354	Joanne Lenos	Forest Heights Community Association
355	Jennifer Smith	G-Force: Grandview Church
356	Brock Sawlor	Uptown Community Church
357	Judy Jewett	Creekstriders
358	Abigael Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
359	Mira Conley	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
360	Alicia Cunningham	Scotia Spark
361	Aletheia Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
362	Janet Hahn	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
363	Charmaine Kuepfer	Creekstriders
364	Alina Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
365	Aryanna Todoroff	Conrad Grebel University College
366	Sonia Nand	84 Dream Team
367	Kayla McNally	YNCU Corporate South
368	Rose Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church
369	Rhea Sanjay	CISV waterloo
370	Zoya Siddiqui	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors
371	Kim Reeds
372	Andy Stumpf	Lincoln Roaders
373	Owen Prutton	Kindred Credit Union
374	Matthew Chin	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
375	Peter Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
376	Arianne Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
377	Don Di Maulo	Pharmacy Phamily
378	Hayley Sloan	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
379	Sarah Bateman	Team Ray of Hope
380	Hava Figenblat	Chaos with a Cause CC
381	Cindy Aponte	Vida Team
382	Betty Papazotos	Forest Heights Community Association
383	Amara Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
384	Navjot Singh	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
385	LifeNorth. Church	LifeNorth.Church
386	Charm Relator	YNCU Corporate South
387	Jillian McBurney	Dragons
388	Avery Chan	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
389	Jaisek Liphard	Dragons
390	Amber Pareja	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
391	Lisa Pardys	G-Force: Grandview Church
392	Jennifer Kern	YNCU Corporate South
393	Daniel Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
394	John Elliott	Starbucks 235
395	Kerri Hallman	Creekstriders
396	Dongju Choi	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
397	Rachel Chisholm	The Centre for Family Medicine
398	Macy Smith	The Freeze Knees
399	Lydia Bateman	Team Ray of Hope
400	Nolan Hill	YNCU (Kitchener)
401	Matt Champion	Base Champions
402	Costas Erotokritou	YNCU (Kitchener)
403	Natalie Gondosch	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
404	Chris Colquhoun	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
405	Michaela Slomka	LifeNorth.Church
406	Karen Brock	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
407	Olly Nespoli	KJR U11 Select Team
408	Dan Fennema	Chaos with a Cause CC
409	Adleigh Hamill	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
410	Johana Fonseca Ramirez	Chaos with a Cause CC
411	Emilia Morra	Sunny Cats
412	Katherine Fallon
413	James Piers	Kitchener Centre NDP
414	Andrew Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church
415	Evan Keogh	KJR U11 Select Team
416	Kelly Waytowich	Recovering Stepworkers
417	Jeff Coveyduck	Rockin' Rays
418	Holly Lunge	Chaos with a Cause CC
419	Jason Nicol	Dragons
420	Aimee Wagner	YNCU Corporate South
421	Sarah de Waal	Pharmacy Phamily
422	Bill Goudy	G-Force: Grandview Church
423	Sunit Kalkoti	YNCU Corporate South
424	Laura Gardiner	G-Force: Grandview Church
425	Olamide Babalola	YNCU Corporate South
426	Virginie Tremblay	Dragons
427	Shannon Mellor	YNCU (Kitchener)
428	Asmahan Saboon	Starbucks 235
429	Chloe Hearty	Conestoga College Community Services
430	Tori Palazian	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
431	Ashley Medeiros	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes

Matching
Funds

Goal: Get 5 Donors

Community Sponsors

Kitchener (Ray of Hope Community Centre) is super grateful for our fantastic 2026 sponsors! View all sponsors >

Jennifer Roggemann Law Office

Intact Public Entities

Route Sponsor

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada

Route Sponsor

PeaceWorks Technology Solutions

Community Sponsor

Bustard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

Murray Leis Construction

Community Sponsor

Wilk & Wilk Orthodontics

Starbucks Coffee Company

Goods and Services

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Goods and Services

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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 28, 2026!

Start/Finish Google Map

301 Charles St E

Kitchener ON

N2G 2P8

Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute

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 Thank You! See you in 2027!

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 28, 2026 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.