The entire community of Osoyoos will get one last chance Tuesday to make a collective push to have our community named Kraft Hockeyville 2012.
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The public is being invited to a “mass voting event” to help Osoyoos win this round of the CBC Kraft Hockeyville competition. The event is taking place Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sonora Community Centre in Osoyoos.
Computers will be set up at the centre and citizens can vote over and over and can register for one hour at a time.
Those interested can call the centre at 250-495-6562 to register for your hour or to get more details.
Tim Horton’s coffee and donuts will be available for volunteers.
After several weeks of voting, it was revealed on Hockey Night in Canada this past Saturday night that Osoyoos had indeed made the top 15 communities in the wildly-popular Kraft Hockeyville contest.
“It’s super exciting and I’m so happy,” said Cathy Martins, a local hockey fanatic who has been primarily responsible for getting Osoyoos on the Hockeyville bandwagon.
“I’ve told everyone. All my friends and family across Canada.”
After receiving thousands of impressive submissions from passionate hockey communities across the country, the Kraft Hockeyville 2012 judging panel has narrowed the list of hopefuls to 15 communities that best exemplify community spirit, passion for hockey and originality.
These finalists will now continue their quest to be named Kraft Hockeyville 2012, and have the opportunity to host a 2012-2013 NHL® Pre-Season Game in their community.
Osoyoos joined other B.C. communities Campbell River and West Kelowna to make the final 15. Other towns selected for the national finals included Tuelon, Manitoba, Duck Lake, Sask., Rosthern, Sask., Stirling, Ont., Goderich, Ont., and Bancroft, Ont., Amos, Que., Chicoutimi, Que, Pownal, P.E.I., Yarmouth, N.S. and St. Andrews, N.B.
“It’s truly inspiring to see so many hockey-loving Canadians rally together in creative ways to improve their communities,” said Jack Hewitt, Vice President of Marketing Services, Kraft Canada. “In the seven years that we’ve had Kraft Hockeyville, we’ve never seen such passion and creativity as demonstrated by these 15 finalists. We wish each community the best of luck in the next round!”
Canadians now determine which of the Top 15 will make it into the Top 5 by voting for their favourite community via the following official voting mechanisms – online at www.krafthockeyville.ca or by calling 1-866-533-8066. Canadians can vote for their favourite community once per click or call. Voting via the web and phone is unlimited.
Kraft Hockeyville partners strongly encourage voters to familiarize themselves with the competition rules and regulations and updated voting times and guidelines so they can adhere to the voting guidelines found at krafthockeyville.ca.
Voting for the Top 5 communities opened Saturday night at 10:30 p.m. and will close on Tuesday night (March 6) at 11:59 p.m. EST (9 p.m. PST).
Once the votes have been tallied, the Top 5 communities will be announced on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday, March 17. Canadians will then return to the polls for a final vote to determine the winner of Kraft Hockeyville 2012.
On Saturday, March 31, 2012, crews from Hockey Night in Canada will visit and broadcast live from each of the Top 5 communities. The winner of Kraft Hockeyville 2012 will be announced live that night.
The winning community will host a 2012-13 NHL® pre-season game and receive $100,000 in arena upgrades courtesy of Kraft Canada. Four runner-up communities will each receive $25,000 for improvements to their local rinks from Kraft Canada.
Regardless of what happens though, Martins said she would like to thank everyone for being so helpful throughout this entire process. Without the community, she said, none of this would have been possible.
