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Kitchener

Ray of Hope Community Centre

176 Walkers|45 Teams|24 Volunteers|36 Days Left

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 Ray of Hope Community Centre

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

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Services include,

  • 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 22, 2025! 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
Challenge Teams

#

Team Name

Captain

Members

Raised

1

Wilmot Center Walkers

Wynne Ross

2

3,900.00

2

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

Anita Araujo

15

3,300.88

3

Oasis Mennonite Church

Ken Martin

9

2,840.00

4

Frozen Assets

Kyla Arsenault

5

2,405.00

5

Maggie’s Misfits

Cheryl MacLean

5

2,020.00

6

William's 14th Celebration

William Banbury

5

1,830.00

7

Lincoln Roaders

David McKee

5

1,705.00

8

Another Manic Monday

Dana Montgomery

8

1,550.00

9

Hope in the night

Reuben Brunsting

4

1,350.00

10

PineGrove

Tony Grove

5

1,175.00

11

Rockin' Rays

Mitchell Vandermey

4

950.00

12

Pathway Travellers

Darryl Buckle

8

605.00

13

Staebler Team

Jodie Weiler

1

500.00

14

Building B

Julia Needham

3

500.00

15

#WetheHope

Dan Wideman

4

320.00

16

Irwinning

Tiffany Irwin

2

250.00

17

Benediction Church

Shannie Dereniuk

5

250.00

18

LifeNorth.Church

Michaela Slomka

2

200.00

19

The Centre For Family Medicine

Rachel Chisholm

6

175.00

20

Dragons

Karen Liphard

7

170.00

21

Chilled & Thrilled @WMB

Michael Brnjas

3

150.00

22

St. Andrew's Kitchener

Terri Whiffin

2

105.00

23

Team Colleen James

Alan Praught

2

100.00

24

Oracle NetSuite Hub Heros!

Cindy Chambers

1

100.00

25

Grandview Church

Karen Bast

2

100.00

26

Starbucks District 235

Colleen Deforest

9

75.00

27

U10 Select Kitchener Junior Rangers

U10 Select Kitchener Junior Rangers

1

75.00

28

Scotiabank Waterloo Region

Karem Orellana

3

50.00

29

KWCF Church

Jonathan Cook

1

50.00

30

Frostbite Fighters

Rachel Ellerman

1

50.00

31

Kitchener Rotary Road Warriors

Mike Harvey

3

50.00

32

Benton Youth

Nathan Avery

1

33

Walkers

Kelly Waytowich

1

34

Shantz

Derek Toews

1

35

Happy Feet

Shelly Porteous

1

36

Bright Lights

Kristy Guthrie

5

37

Maple View Mennonite Church

Chris and Lucas Albrecht

1

38

Team Testerton

Jim Testerton

1

39

YNCU-Kitchener

Lynne Jackson

1

40

The Freeze Knees

Kristen Smith

1

41

First Mennonite Walkers

Murray Schwartzentruber

1

42

The Young & The Breathless

Ann Smith

1

43

S'more walkers

David Landry

9

44

Mighty Quinns

Ian Pollock

1

45

CreekStriders

Sarah Lainez

2

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Name

Team Name

Donors

Raised

1

Harold and Darlene Albrecht

Wilmot Center Walkers

20

3,775.00

2

William Banbury

William's 14th Celebration

8

1,650.00

3

Anthony Piscitelli

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

11

1,650.00

4

Joanne Bush

Maggie’s Misfits

10

1,270.00

5

Tiffany Svensson

Lincoln Roaders

11

1,180.00

6

Alex Kalmar

13

1,150.00

7

Kyla Arsenault

Frozen Assets

13

1,130.00

8

Merle Burkholder

Oasis Mennonite Church

8

750.00

9

Twyla Diefenbacher

Oasis Mennonite Church

8

740.00

10

Harper Verhoeve

16

666.78

11

Tony Grove

PineGrove

1

600.00

12

Ken Martin

Oasis Mennonite Church

7

600.00

13

Amelia Howey

Another Manic Monday

12

595.00

14

Reuben Brunsting

Hope in the night

5

525.00

15

David McKee

Lincoln Roaders

2

525.00

16

Kara Brunsting

Hope in the night

3

525.00

17

Ryan Robinson

8

505.00

18

Dana Montgomery

Another Manic Monday

9

475.00

19

Jim Stirtzinger

Rockin' Rays

5

450.00

20

Anita Araujo

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

5

430.00

21

Sue Koch

Frozen Assets

2

400.00

22

Cindy Fish

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

5

350.00

23

Pam Dickinson

Frozen Assets

2

350.00

24

Cheryl MacLean

Maggie’s Misfits

2

325.00

25

Tanya Delleman

Pathway Travellers

4

300.00

26

Tonya Verburg

Rockin' Rays

4

300.00

27

Kate Wilson

Maggie’s Misfits

3

275.00

28

Julia Needham

Building B

1

250.00

29

Harsh Mehta

Skyline_Elora_Fergus_Elmira

1

250.00

30

Angelica DeVos

Frozen Assets

1

250.00

31

Nicole Rossi

Building B

3

250.00

32

Johnny Montgomery

Another Manic Monday

1

250.00

33

Lisa Treleaven

Frozen Assets

5

225.00

34

Sara McKnight

#WetheHope

1

200.00

35

Courtney Fish

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

3

200.00

36

Robert Leggo

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

2

200.00

37

Pedro Quinonez

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

4

200.00

38

Ray Brunsting

Hope in the night

1

200.00

39

Richard Bean

Oasis Mennonite Church

1

200.00

40

Ryan Carruthers

Benediction Church

1

200.00

41

Joel Deschamps

Another Manic Monday

4

180.00

42

Wesley, Melissa & Scott Clark

The Centre For Family Medicine

3

175.00

43

Joe Aspden

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

3

170.88

44

Laura Mallory

Pathway Travellers

5

160.00

45

Danette Martin

Oasis Mennonite Church

1

150.00

46

Karen Brock

Irwinning

2

150.00

47

Otto Christian Danyi

Pathway Travellers

4

145.00

48

Wynne Ross

Wilmot Center Walkers

3

125.00

49

Virginie Tremblay

Dragons

5

120.00

50

Jan Blackburn

St. Andrew's Kitchener

1

105.00

51

Karen Bast

Grandview Church

1

100.00

52

Lisa Colangelo

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

2

100.00

53

Abigail Hissa

1

100.00

54

Tiffany Irwin

Irwinning

1

100.00

55

Kiera Bean

Oasis Mennonite Church

1

100.00

56

Elliot Bean

Oasis Mennonite Church

1

100.00

57

Andre Bean

Oasis Mennonite Church

1

100.00

58

Devorah Bean

Oasis Mennonite Church

1

100.00

59

Mitchell Vandermey

Rockin' Rays

1

100.00

60

Michaela Slomka

LifeNorth.Church

1

100.00

61

John Slomka

LifeNorth.Church

1

100.00

62

Cindy Chambers

Oracle NetSuite Hub Heros!

1

100.00

63

Michael Brnjas

Chilled & Thrilled @WMB

1

75.00

64

Aimee Zettel

Chilled & Thrilled @WMB

1

75.00

65

Emily Brubacher

PineGrove

2

75.00

66

U10 Select Kitchener Junior Rangers

U10 Select Kitchener Junior Rangers

2

75.00

67

Rachel Ellerman

Frostbite Fighters

1

50.00

68

Karem Orellana

Scotiabank Waterloo Region

1

50.00

69

Louise Gardiner

Kitchener Rotary Road Warriors

1

50.00

70

Megan Bourdeau

Another Manic Monday

2

50.00

71

Shannie Dereniuk

Benediction Church

1

50.00

72

Jonathan Cook

KWCF Church

1

50.00

73

Colleen Deforest

Starbucks District 235

2

40.00

74

Tori Rocha

Starbucks District 235

2

35.00

75

Jaisek Liphard

Dragons

1

25.00

76

Karen Liphard

Dragons

1

25.00

77

Zack Hall

#WetheHope

1

25.00

78

Savannah Bromley

#WetheHope

1

20.00

79

Kelly Waytowich

Walkers

80

Russ Grove

PineGrove

81

Hannah den Bak

Hope in the night

82

Jo-Anne Metzloff

The Centre For Family Medicine

83

Veronica Silvester

Benediction Church

84

Alan Praught

Team Colleen James

85

Graham Faulkner

S'more walkers

86

Lily-Anna Faulkner

S'more walkers

87

Kohen Faulkner

S'more walkers

88

Mike Harvey

Kitchener Rotary Road Warriors

89

Leslie Toews

William's 14th Celebration

90

Isaac Faulkner

S'more walkers

91

PersonGuy Hu

Chilled & Thrilled @WMB

92

Muriel Praught

Team Colleen James

93

Adrian DeCoo

Kitchener Rotary Road Warriors

94

Kriti Kaura

95

Scott Starra

Rockin' Rays

96

Sophia Tchabrazian

Scotiabank Waterloo Region

97

Shelly Porteous

Happy Feet

98

Deanna Mann

Bright Lights

99

August Mann

Bright Lights

100

Chris and Lucas Albrecht

Maple View Mennonite Church

101

Ian Pollock

Mighty Quinns

102

Shayne Brown

Pathway Travellers

103

Kristy Guthrie

Bright Lights

104

Holly Lunge

Another Manic Monday

105

Lynne Jackson

YNCU-Kitchener

106

Ryan Mann

Bright Lights

107

Shezmin Samji

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

108

John Cummings

Lincoln Roaders

109

David Landry

S'more walkers

110

Gursimran Singh Sehgal

111

Sue Grove

PineGrove

112

Jenna Paikowsky

113

Carson Grove

PineGrove

114

Bailey Vander Veen

115

Kristen Smith

The Freeze Knees

116

Noman Sajjad

117

Eponine Loney

Pathway Travellers

118

Jane Chen

Lincoln Roaders

119

Sarah Fortuna

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

120

Derek Toews

Shantz

121

Josh Healey

Building B

122

Jessie Brown

123

Jean Barry

Maggie’s Misfits

124

Ephraim Loney

Pathway Travellers

125

Jenn Metzloff

The Centre For Family Medicine

126

Evangeline Loney

Pathway Travellers

127

Theodore Landry

S'more walkers

128

Wendy & David Harris

CreekStriders

129

Dan Wideman

#WetheHope

130

Felix Landry

S'more walkers

131

Pierce Landry

S'more walkers

132

Sarah Lainez

CreekStriders

133

Nathan Avery

Benton Youth

134

Jennifer Dray

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

135

Olamide Babalola

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

136

Tsya Gagnon

Starbucks District 235

137

Ingrid Klein

Grandview Church

138

Sue kumra

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

139

Nick Lovell

Starbucks District 235

140

Sara Harrison-Rickert

Starbucks District 235

141

Jennifer Landry

S'more walkers

142

Ibi Brown

Dragons

143

Holly L Ryan

Starbucks District 235

144

Murray Schwartzentruber

First Mennonite Walkers

145

Bailey Chaisson

Starbucks District 235

146

Angela Therriault

Starbucks District 235

147

Carolyn Crozier

Dragons

148

Kiersten McLeod

Benediction Church

149

Aimee Wagner

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

150

MOEN SATHIYAMURTHY

Starbucks District 235

151

Katy Biersteker

152

Tam & clan Amirault

Lincoln Roaders

153

Darlene Dakin

Dragons

154

Jillian McBurney

Dragons

155

Darryl Buckle

Pathway Travellers

156

Kristin Roberts

Bright Lights

157

WESLEY WHELAN

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

158

Jim Testerton

Team Testerton

159

Rachel Chisholm

The Centre For Family Medicine

160

Ann Smith

The Young & The Breathless

161

Yanling Guo

162

Jude Bampton

Maggie’s Misfits

163

Tori Carney

164

Sylvia Decker

The Centre For Family Medicine

165

Sean Chisholm

The Centre For Family Medicine

166

Shawn Addicott

Another Manic Monday

167

Terri Whiffin

St. Andrew's Kitchener

168

Brad Gordon

Benediction Church

169

Jodie Weiler

Staebler Team

#

Organization

Team Name

Members

Raised

1

Wilmot Center Walkers

Wilmot Center Walkers

2

3,900.00

2

YNCU

YNCU Kitchener - Executive Place

15

3,300.88

3

Oasis Mennonite Church

Oasis Mennonite Church

9

2,840.00

4

Lincoln Road Chapel

Lincoln Roaders

5

1,705.00

5

Benediction Church

Benediction Church

5

250.00

6

LifeNorth.Church

LifeNorth.Church

2

200.00

7

The Centre for Family Medicine

The Centre For Family Medicine

6

175.00

8

Waterloo Mennonite Brethren

Chilled & Thrilled @WMB

3

150.00

9

St. Andrew's Kitchener

St. Andrew's Kitchener

2

105.00

10

Oracle NetSuite

Oracle NetSuite Hub Heros!

1

100.00

11

Grandview Church

Grandview Church

2

100.00

12

U10 Select Kitchener Junior Rangers

U10 Select Kitchener Junior Rangers

1

75.00

13

Starbucks

Starbucks District 235

9

75.00

14

Scotiabank

Scotiabank Waterloo Region

3

50.00

15

Rotary International

Kitchener Rotary Road Warriors

3

50.00

16

Kitchener-Waterloo Christian Fellowship (KWCF)

KWCF Church

1

50.00

17

Bright Light Content Inc.

Bright Lights

5

18

derektoews

Shantz

1

19

Maple View Mennonite Church

Maple View Mennonite Church

1

20

YNCU

YNCU-Kitchener

1

21

First Mennonite Walkers

First Mennonite Walkers

1

22

Benton Youth

Benton Youth

1

Event Day Details

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

Start/Finish Google Map

Cameron Heights Collegiate - cafeteria

- enter through the front doors -

301 Charles St E, Kitchener, ON N2G 2P8


Finish Location


Ray of Hope Community Centre

659 King St E, Kitchener, ON N2G 2M4

- entrance off of Stirling Lane -

Kitchener, ON N2G 2M4


Parking is available at Cameron Heights 50 Kent

(Thrift on Kent and MCC parking lot)

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.
  • 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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Kitchener Maps

Check out this year's CNOY route maps below:

Contact Us


CNOY Kitchener 2025

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

Got questions about the Coldest Night of the Year?
info@cnoy.org | 1.877.743.3413