18%$42,660Goal: $225,000

Kitchener

Ray of Hope Community Centre

207 Walkers|46 Teams|20 Volunteers|41 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.

Kitchener 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

#	Team Name	Captain	Members	Raised
1	Wilmot Centre Walkers	Murray Coulter	2	4,725.00
2	YNCU Corporate South	Anita Araujo	8	2,475.00
3	Another Manic Monday	Dana Montgomery	7	2,030.00
4	Rockin' Rays	Mitchell Vandermey	5	1,620.00
5	Chaos with a Cause CC	Savannah Bromley	12	1,375.00
6	G-Force: Grandview Church	Karen Bast	8	1,275.00
7	Oasis Mennonite Church	Ken Martin	9	1,140.00
8	Hope in the night	Reuben Brunsting	5	1,140.00
9	Team Ray of Hope	Kyla Arsenault	2	1,075.00
10	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	Terri Whiffin	7	1,000.00
11	Lincoln Roaders	David McKee	5	750.00
12	Maggie’s misfits	Cheryl MacLean	3	725.00
13	Pathway Community Church	Darryl Buckle	7	705.00
14	Mission: Employed	Julia Needham	3	550.00
15	KW Libro	Jenna Morwood	5	475.00
16	Baden Central Outreach	Dan Dreer	1	400.00
17	Pharmacy Phamily	Milana Madzarac	5	365.00
18	Kitchener Centre NDP	Kimiko Shibata	3	350.00
19	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	Larissa Conley	6	250.00
20	KJR U11 Select Team	Olly Nespoli	6	250.00
21	Team Gill	Rodney Gill	1	225.00
22	Benton Youth	Nathan Avery	17	217.00
23	IrWINNING	Tiffany Irwin	4	200.00
24	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM	Rob Piombini	5	200.00
25	Colour the Night	Lisa Reitzel	2	175.00
26	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	Jeff Collett	3	175.00
27	Starbucks 235	John Elliott	5	173.55
28	Benediction Church	Shannie Dereniuk	9	125.00
29	Dani and the Boys	Danielle Ringer	1	100.00
30	CISV waterloo	Emily Molnar-Snyder	4	50.00
31	Scotia Spark	Karem Orellana	3	20.00
32	Dragons	Karen Liphard	8	20.00
33	Kindred Credit Union	Kathy Elliott	1
34	YNCU (Kitchener)	David Fotia	4
35	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills	Ryan Kennedy	2
36	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	Michael Brnjas	4
37	Recovering Stepworkers	Kelly Waytowich	1
38	The Freeze Knees	Kristen Smith	1
39	Mighty Quinns	Ian Pollock	1
40	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	Ashley Medeiros	1
41	Warming Heart’s ??	Lisa Mellon	1
42	Combat Hunger	Roman Hatashita	1
43	Uptown Community Church	Katrina Brunsting	3
44	The Centre for Family Medicine	Rachel Chisholm	3
45	Mapleview Mennonite Church	Chris and Lucas Albrecht	1
46	Indigenous Vets	Bill Ridley	1

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Harold and Darlene Albrecht	Wilmot Centre Walkers	18	4,725.00
2	Bill and MJ Goudy	G-Force: Grandview Church	12	1,175.00
3	Alex Kalmar		14	1,125.00
4	Anthony Piscitelli	YNCU Corporate South	11	1,125.00
5	Kyla Arsenault	Team Ray of Hope	8	875.00
6	Lisa Treleaven		9	775.00
7	Cindy Fish	YNCU Corporate South	9	750.00
8	Johnny Montgomery	Another Manic Monday	5	650.00
9	Dana Montgomery	Another Manic Monday	14	650.00
10	Reuben Brunsting	Hope in the night	2	600.00
11	Ryan Robinson		10	600.00
12	Dan Wideman	Chaos with a Cause CC	5	600.00
13	Merle Burkholder	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	500.00
14	Ray Brunsting	Hope in the night	1	500.00
15	David McKee	Lincoln Roaders	1	500.00
16	Carolyn Warnica	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	500.00
17	Tanya Delleman	Pathway Community Church	5	450.00
18	Dan Dreer	Baden Central Outreach	3	400.00
19	Tonya Verburg	Rockin' Rays	5	350.00
20	Susan McLaren	Maggie’s misfits	5	350.00
21	Savannah Bromley	Chaos with a Cause CC	4	325.00
22	Kimiko Shibata	Kitchener Centre NDP	2	300.00
23	Jenna Morwood	KW Libro	5	300.00
24	Joe Aspden	YNCU Corporate South	3	300.00
25	Shelly Porteous		1	250.00
26	RICHARD BEAN	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	250.00
27	Ken Martin	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	250.00
28	Julia Needham	Mission: Employed	1	250.00
29	Nicole Rossi	Mission: Employed	1	250.00
30	Brad Duxbury	Chaos with a Cause CC	3	250.00
31	Michelle Burke	Kitchener Westmount Rotary Club	6	250.00
32	Joel Deschamps	Another Manic Monday	7	240.00
33	Harper Verhoeve		5	230.00
34	Rajat Malhotra	Another Manic Monday	6	225.00
35	Amelia Howey	Another Manic Monday	4	220.00
36	Sue Koch	Team Ray of Hope	2	200.00
37	Terezinha Hignett	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM	3	200.00
38	Sue Parker	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	200.00
39	Stefanie Morrissey	Colour the Night	3	175.00
40	Cheryl MacLean	Maggie’s misfits	3	175.00
41	Nathan Avery	Benton Youth	1	150.00
42	Sylvie Drader	Lincoln Roaders	1	150.00
43	Kate Wilson	Maggie’s misfits	1	150.00
44	Karen Chisholm	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	150.00
45	Victor Morton	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	150.00
46	Curtis Cressman	Oasis Mennonite Church	4	140.00
47	Laura & Otto	Pathway Community Church	3	125.00
48	Rodney Gill	Team Gill	2	125.00
49	Jeff Collett	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	1	100.00
50	Erika Mutimura	Pharmacy Phamily	2	100.00
51	Heather Gross	Pathway Community Church	3	100.00
52	Bradley Gordon	Benediction Church	1	100.00
53	Mitchell Vandermey	Rockin' Rays	1	100.00
54	Vera Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	2	100.00
55	Georgie Mitchell	KW Libro	2	100.00
56	Karis Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	2	100.00
57	Danielle Ringer	Dani and the Boys	3	100.00
58	Blair Allen	Lincoln Roaders	1	100.00
59	Jessie Brown		1	75.00
60	Melinda Recchia	Pharmacy Phamily	2	75.00
61	Nate Carl	KJR U11 Select Team	2	75.00
62	Finn Carl	KJR U11 Select Team	2	75.00
63	Tori Rocha	Starbucks 235	2	73.55
64	Harry Clark	Benton Youth	1	67.00
65	Milana Madzarac	Pharmacy Phamily	3	65.00
66	Silas Mutter	KJR U11 Select Team	1	50.00
67	Jeremy Bishop	KJR U11 Select Team	1	50.00
68	Meredith Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	1	50.00
69	Breanne Tessaro	Mission: Employed	1	50.00
70	Rachel Elkin	CISV waterloo	2	50.00
71	Calvin Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
72	Jordan Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
73	Tiffany Irwin	IrWINNING	1	50.00
74	Hannah Irwin	IrWINNING	1	50.00
75	Jonathan Irwin	IrWINNING	1	50.00
76	Fiona Irwin	IrWINNING	1	50.00
77	Hannah den Bak	Hope in the night	2	40.00
78	Abdu Lounici	KW Libro	1	25.00
79	Shannie Dereniuk	Benediction Church	1	25.00
80	Megan Bourdeau	Another Manic Monday	1	25.00
81	Chloe France	KW Libro	1	25.00
82	Sara Clarke	KW Libro	1	25.00
83	Karen Liphard	Dragons	1	20.00
84	Lisa Gaetan	Scotia Spark	1	20.00
85	Eponine Loney	Pathway Community Church	1	10.00
86	Evangeline Loney	Pathway Community Church	1	10.00
87	Ephraim Loney	Pathway Community Church	1	10.00
88	Larissa Conley	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
89	Anita Araujo	YNCU Corporate South
90	David Fotia	YNCU (Kitchener)
91	Carmen Macoretta	KPMG Waterloo Region
92	Eli Elliotson	Benton Youth
93	Ryan Carruthers	Benediction Church
94	Andre Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church
95	Brad Kish	Lincoln Roaders
96	Weber Family	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
97	Joan Hartwig	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
98	Eric Kosel	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
99	Devorah Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church
100	Ryan Kennedy	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills
101	Rob Piombini	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
102	Tunde Abiodun	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
103	Elliot Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church
104	Lisa Reitzel	Colour the Night
105	Dalibor Radulovic	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
106	Cailean Thompson	Starbucks 235
107	Ian Pollock	Mighty Quinns
108	Kara Brunsting	Hope in the night
109	Bill Ridley	Indigenous Vets
110	Emma Rice	Benton Youth
111	Karen Bast	G-Force: Grandview Church
112	Vanessa Hoff	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills
113	Katrina Brunsting	Uptown Community Church
114	Stella Erotokritou	YNCU (Kitchener)
115	Tom Legrady	Kitchener Centre NDP
116	Kenton Shantz	Oasis Mennonite Church
117	Zack Hall	Chaos with a Cause CC
118	Mark Stromenberg	Chaos with a Cause CC
119	Caleb Enns	Uptown Community Church
120	Derek Maddicks	Chaos with a Cause CC
121	Terri Whiffin	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
122	Zach Harwood	Benediction Church
123	Rachel Hughes	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
124	Katy Biersteker
125	Wendy Saulesleja	G-Force: Grandview Church
126	Peter Kotwicz
127	Scott Starra	Rockin' Rays
128	Veronica Carruthers	Benediction Church
129	Karem Orellana	Scotia Spark
130	Kathy Elliott	Kindred Credit Union
131	Tracy Miller	Dragons
132	Nancy Penhorwood	YNCU (Kitchener)
133	Sam Giesler-Brown	The Centre for Family Medicine
134	Kristian Nessel	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
135	Wesley, Melissa & Scott Clark	The Centre for Family Medicine
136	Nathan Barrenechea	Benton Youth
137	Ibi Brown	Dragons
138	John Cummings	Lincoln Roaders
139	Darlene Dakin	Dragons
140	Aramis Jahn	Benton Youth
141	Hope Gakunzi	Benton Youth
142	Georgia Barlow	Benediction Church
143	Carolyn Crozier	Dragons
144	StrykerZ Kitchen & Bar
145	Murray Coulter	Wilmot Centre Walkers
146	Éowyn Clifford	Benton Youth
147	Lisa Mellon	Warming Heart’s ??
148	Kirk Sommers	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors
149	Emily Molnar-Snyder	CISV waterloo
150	Shannah-Lyn Clifford	Benton Youth
151	Roman Hatashita	Combat Hunger
152	Sara McKnight	Chaos with a Cause CC
153	Victoria Lehmann	CISV waterloo
154	Mira Conley	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
155	Alicia Cunningham	Scotia Spark
156	Chris and Lucas Albrecht	Mapleview Mennonite Church
157	Zara Sen	Benton Youth
158	David Brunsting	Uptown Community Church
159	Kayla McNally	YNCU Corporate South
160	Rose Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church
161	Jakob Peters	Benton Youth
162	Rhea Sanjay	CISV waterloo
163	Zoya Siddiqui	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors
164	Darryl Buckle	Pathway Community Church
165	Shenelle Dogliotti	Benediction Church
166	Don Di Maulo	Pharmacy Phamily
167	Hava Figenblat	Chaos with a Cause CC
168	Michael Brnjas	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
169	Jenna Paikowsky
170	Sonja Petersen	Benton Youth
171	Jillian McBurney	Dragons
172	Tera Dargavel	Benton Youth
173	Jaisek Liphard	Dragons
174	Jennifer Kern	YNCU Corporate South
175	John Elliott	Starbucks 235
176	Rachel Chisholm	The Centre for Family Medicine
177	Kyden Elliotson	Benton Youth
178	Billie Ross	Chaos with a Cause CC
179	Olly Nespoli	KJR U11 Select Team
180	Megha Bansal	Rockin' Rays
181	Dan Fennema	Chaos with a Cause CC
182	Johana Fonseca Ramirez	Chaos with a Cause CC
183	Gareth Goossen	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
184	James Piers	Kitchener Centre NDP
185	Andrew Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church
186	Evan Keogh	KJR U11 Select Team
187	Kelly Waytowich	Recovering Stepworkers
188	Mary Corry	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
189	Declan Kukula	Benton Youth
190	Jeff Coveyduck	Rockin' Rays
191	Emsley Kukula	Benton Youth
192	Holly Lunge	Chaos with a Cause CC
193	Marco Dogliotti	Benediction Church
194	Kristen Smith	The Freeze Knees
195	Aimee Wagner	YNCU Corporate South
196	Bill Goudy	G-Force: Grandview Church
197	Brian Blake	Another Manic Monday
198	Olamide Babalola	YNCU Corporate South
199	Virginie Tremblay	Dragons
200	Shannon Mellor	YNCU (Kitchener)
201	Aveline Rice	Benton Youth
202	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 >

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada

Route Sponsor

YNCU

Route Sponsor

Jennifer Roggemann Law Office

Route Sponsor

Brokerlink

Route Sponsor

Intact Public Entities

Route Sponsor

PeaceWorks Technology Solutions

Community Sponsor

Murray Leis Construction

Wilk & Wilk Orthodontics

Community Sponsor

Bustard Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

Community Sponsor

Starbucks Coffee Company

Goods and Services

University of Waterloo Scho...

Goods and Services

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!

YNCU$2,475.00Corporate > Financial and Insurance

YNCU Corporate South$2,475YNCU (Kitchener)$0

Libro Credit Union$475.00Corporate > Financial and Insurance

KW Libro$475

NDP$350.00Community > Federal

Kitchener Centre NDP$350

Starbucks$173.55Corporate > Goods and Services

Starbucks 235$174

CISV$50.00Community > Social Services

CISV waterloo$50

Scotiabank$20.00Corporate > Financial and Insurance

Scotia Spark$20

Kindred Credit UnionCorporate > Financial and Insurance

Kindred Credit Union$0

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.