51%$115,274Goal: $225,000

Kitchener

Ray of Hope Community Centre

473 Walkers|64 Teams|67 Volunteers|15 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	6,485.00
2	G-Force: Grandview Church	Karen Bast	33	6,420.00
3	Combat Hunger	Roman Hatashita	1	6,204.00
4	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	Michael Brnjas	20	5,845.00
5	Oasis Mennonite Church	Ken Martin	10	5,485.00
6	Benton Youth	Nathan Avery	31	5,438.00
7	Chaos with a Cause CC	Savannah Bromley	15	4,986.00
8	Another Manic Monday	Dana Montgomery	7	4,025.00
9	Creekstriders	David Harris	13	3,667.00
10	Lincoln Roaders	David McKee	12	3,615.00
11	Rockin' Rays	Mitchell Vandermey	6	3,600.00
12	Mighty Quinns	Ian Pollock	10	3,230.00
13	YNCU Corporate South	Anita Araujo	21	3,225.88
14	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	Ashley Medeiros	25	2,845.00
15	Pathway Community Church	Darryl Buckle	12	2,570.00
16	S'more walkers	David Landry	8	2,065.00
17	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	Jeff Collett	3	1,800.00
18	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	Terri Whiffin	13	1,660.00
19	Hope in the night	Reuben Brunsting	5	1,581.82
20	Benediction Church	Shannie Dereniuk	12	1,504.00
21	Maggie’s misfits	Cheryl MacLean	5	1,400.00
22	The Centre for Family Medicine	Rachel & Sean Chisholm	6	1,375.00
23	Team Ray of Hope	Kyla Arsenault	4	1,175.00
24	Kitchener Rotary	Jenna Hammond	4	1,050.00
25	Base Champions	Dave Champion	9	800.00
26	Pharmacy Phamily	Milana Madzarac	8	690.00
27	Walkers For Hope	Penny Forget	2	650.00
28	Conrad Grebel University College	Braelyn Franz	16	638.86
29	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	Larissa Conley	8	635.00
30	CISV waterloo	Emily Molnar-Snyder	7	600.00
31	Immanuel Pentecostal Church	David WIlkinson	2	570.00
32	Mission: Employed	Julia Needham	3	550.00
33	KW Libro	Jenna Morwood	5	535.00
34	Baden Central Outreach	Dan Dreer	1	505.00
35	Team Gill	Rodney Gill	1	430.00
36	KJR U11 Select Team	Olly Nespoli	7	400.00
37	Kitchener Centre NDP	Kimiko Shibata	2	400.00
38	Mapleview Mennonite Church	Chris and Lucas Albrecht	4	395.00
39	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	Peter Irwin	15	365.00
40	Uptown Community Church	Katrina Brunsting	6	350.00
41	KW	Lisa Potter-Marche	7	310.00
42	Scotia Spark	Karem Orellana	5	295.00
43	Colour the Night	Lisa Reitzel	2	275.00
44	Kindred Credit Union	Owen Prutton	4	250.00
45	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM	Rob Piombini	5	200.00
46	Starbucks 235	John Elliott	7	173.55
47	The Freeze Knees	Kristen Smith	2	150.00
48	Praught Sneezers	Muriel Praught	2	150.00
49	Dragons	Karen Liphard	12	125.00
50	Dani and the Boys	Danielle Ringer	1	110.00
51	Team TCS - Kitchener	Venu Bommagani	2	100.00
52	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty	Allan Cayenne	7	75.00
53	LifeNorth.Church	LifeNorth. Church	2	75.00
54	Collabria Financial - Kitchener	Evan Schneider	1	50.00
55	U11BBKJRBLUE	Paula Connolly	1	25.00
56	Forest Heights Community Association	Betty Papazotos	3
57	YNCU (Kitchener)	David Fotia	5
58	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills	Ryan Kennedy	2
59	Recovering Stepworkers	Kelly Waytowich	1
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
64	Maple Reinders - Cambridge	Derek Smith	2

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Roman Hatashita	Combat Hunger	26	6,204.00
2	Harold and Darlene Albrecht	Wilmot Centre Walkers	25	6,075.00
3	Rachel Anderson	Oasis Mennonite Church	23	3,120.00
4	John Murray	Chaos with a Cause CC	12	2,426.00
5	Gareth Goossen	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	17	2,090.00
6	Dana Montgomery	Another Manic Monday	31	1,900.00
7	Trudy Pollock	Mighty Quinns	12	1,600.00
8	Lisa Treleaven		17	1,600.00
9	Wendy & David Harris	Creekstriders	9	1,500.00
10	Jeff Collett	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	8	1,475.00
11	Bill and MJ Goudy	G-Force: Grandview Church	17	1,430.00
12	Ken Martin	Oasis Mennonite Church	11	1,275.00
13	Ian Pollock	Mighty Quinns	5	1,200.00
14	Alex Kalmar		14	1,125.00
15	Anthony Piscitelli	YNCU Corporate South	11	1,125.00
16	Christine Regier		9	1,000.00
17	melanie reist	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	9	975.00
18	Dan Wideman	Chaos with a Cause CC	7	900.00
19	Kyla Arsenault	Team Ray of Hope	8	875.00
20	David Landry	S'more walkers	8	825.00
21	Reuben Brunsting	Hope in the night	5	751.82
22	James Scott	G-Force: Grandview Church	8	750.00
23	Cindy Fish	YNCU Corporate South	9	750.00
24	Jessie Brown		17	700.00
25	Johnny Montgomery	Another Manic Monday	6	700.00
26	Scott Brown	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	700.00
27	Tonya Verburg	Rockin' Rays	7	700.00
28	Derrien Kish	Lincoln Roaders	4	700.00
29	Terry Pardys	G-Force: Grandview Church	13	690.00
30	Sarah, Jon, Tyson, Maggie , Fiona Bester	The Centre for Family Medicine	10	675.00
31	Amelia Howey	Another Manic Monday	12	675.00
32	Abigail Hissa	Creekstriders	6	650.00
33	Ryan Robinson		11	650.00
34	Tanya Delleman	Pathway Community Church	9	635.00
35	Brad Kish	Lincoln Roaders	3	600.00
36	Mitchell Vandermey	Rockin' Rays	2	600.00
37	Elsie Feddema	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	13	575.00
38	Sara McKnight	Chaos with a Cause CC	4	550.00
39	David McKee	Lincoln Roaders	2	550.00
40	Jim Barnett	G-Force: Grandview Church	7	550.00
41	CoreyAnne Beaton	Immanuel Pentecostal Church	10	520.00
42	Dan Dreer	Baden Central Outreach	4	505.00
43	Adrian DeCoo	Kitchener Rotary	6	500.00
44	Merle Burkholder	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	500.00
45	Ray Brunsting	Hope in the night	1	500.00
46	Blair Allen	Lincoln Roaders	9	500.00
47	Carolyn Warnica	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	500.00
48	Laura & Otto	Pathway Community Church	7	475.00
49	Helen Gallinger	Creekstriders	5	450.00
50	Penny Forget	Walkers For Hope	6	445.00
51	Harper Verhoeve		6	430.00
52	Cheryl MacLean	Maggie’s misfits	4	425.00
53	Heather Gross	Pathway Community Church	10	420.00
54	Ingrid Klein	G-Force: Grandview Church	4	400.00
55	Shelly Porteous		4	400.00
56	Luke Hansen	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	4	400.00
57	Tonja Hansen-Klinck	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	5	400.00
58	Wesley, Melissa & Scott Clark	The Centre for Family Medicine	5	400.00
59	Isla Ozutok	CISV waterloo	4	400.00
60	Susan McLaren	Maggie’s misfits	6	400.00
61	Jennifer Landry	S'more walkers	4	395.00
62	Graham Faulkner	S'more walkers	7	395.00
63	Tera Dargavel	Benton Youth	10	395.00
64	Pedro Quinonez	YNCU Corporate South	7	380.00
65	Karen Bast	G-Force: Grandview Church	3	375.00
66	Karen Hodder	Maggie’s misfits	4	375.00
67	Lucas Stryker	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	8	365.00
68	Terri Whiffin	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	2	350.00
69	Beckett Lawless	Benton Youth	6	350.00
70	Rajat Malhotra	Another Manic Monday	8	350.00
71	Margaret/Joe/Samuel Wilton	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	6	350.00
72	Katherine Fallon	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	3	330.00
73	Rodney Gill	Team Gill	6	330.00
74	Joel Deschamps	Another Manic Monday	9	330.00
75	Savannah Bromley	Chaos with a Cause CC	4	325.00
76	Kira Boles	Creekstriders	5	325.00
77	Creekside Singles	Creekstriders	2	322.00
78	Joe Aspden	YNCU Corporate South	4	320.88
79	Emma Rice	Benton Youth	7	320.00
80	Eli Elliotson	Benton Youth	6	315.00
81	Kyden Elliotson	Benton Youth	6	315.00
82	Darryl Buckle	Pathway Community Church	2	310.00
83	Bryan Drader	Lincoln Roaders	3	300.00
84	Sue Koch	Team Ray of Hope	3	300.00
85	Anna Van Es	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	4	300.00
86	Kimiko Shibata	Kitchener Centre NDP	2	300.00
87	Jenna Morwood	KW Libro	5	300.00
88	Amirault Clan	Lincoln Roaders	2	300.00
89	Jakob Peters	Benton Youth	4	296.00
90	Harry Clark	Benton Youth	5	292.00
91	Kara Brunsting	Hope in the night	2	290.00
92	RICHARD BEAN	Oasis Mennonite Church	2	275.00
93	Georgia Barlow	Benediction Church	2	275.00
94	Daniel Kitcher	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	2	270.00
95	Aveline Rice	Benton Youth	6	270.00
96	Nathan Barrenechea	Benton Youth	4	265.00
97	Erika Mutimura	Pharmacy Phamily	4	250.00
98	Karen Power	Mighty Quinns	3	250.00
99	Julia Needham	Mission: Employed	1	250.00
100	Nathan Avery	Benton Youth	2	250.00
101	Greg Reed	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	250.00
102	Hope Gakunzi	Benton Youth	4	250.00
103	Sylvie Drader	Lincoln Roaders	2	250.00
104	Kirk Sommers	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors	1	250.00
105	Nicole Rossi	Mission: Employed	1	250.00
106	Avery Chan	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	3	250.00
107	Glenda Karn	Pathway Community Church	4	250.00
108	Brisha Marli Clark	KW	2	250.00
109	Robert Leggo	YNCU Corporate South	2	250.00
110	Brad Duxbury	Chaos with a Cause CC	3	250.00
111	Mateah Rice	Benton Youth	5	245.00
112	Meadow Kaastra	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	4	245.00
113	Curtis Cressman	Oasis Mennonite Church	5	240.00
114	LARRY PENNANEN	Pathway Community Church	2	240.00
115	Shelley Johnson	Wilmot Centre Walkers	4	235.00
116	Shenelle Dogliotti	Benediction Church	2	227.00
117	Marco Dogliotti	Benediction Church	2	227.00
118	Cheryl Nagle	G-Force: Grandview Church	5	220.00
119	Deb-Wes Jones	Creekstriders	2	220.00
120	Jacob Hay	Chaos with a Cause CC	4	210.00
121	Amanda R	Rockin' Rays	4	205.00
122	Jenna Hammond	Kitchener Rotary	3	200.00
123	Terezinha Hignett	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM	3	200.00
124	Rachel & Sean Chisholm	The Centre for Family Medicine	1	200.00
125	Michelle Knowles	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	2	200.00
126	Adam Knowles	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	3	200.00
127	Sue Parker	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	200.00
128	Sawyer Millard	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	6	200.00
129	Vera Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	6	195.00
130	Karis Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	6	195.00
131	Anderson Wright	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	3	180.00
132	Stefanie Morrissey	Colour the Night	3	175.00
133	Murray Coulter	Wilmot Centre Walkers	2	175.00
134	Éowyn Clifford	Benton Youth	3	175.00
135	Jean-Pierre Forget	Walkers For Hope	3	155.00
136	Weber Family	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	2	150.00
137	Cindy McLean	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	150.00
138	Bradley Gordon	Benediction Church	2	150.00
139	Katrina Brunsting	Uptown Community Church	1	150.00
140	Cheryl Saunders	Base Champions	1	150.00
141	Paula Goossen	Kindred Credit Union	2	150.00
142	Rupert Saunders	Base Champions	1	150.00
143	Jeff Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	150.00
144	Aramis Jahn	Benton Youth	2	150.00
145	Kiley Moore	Conrad Grebel University College	1	150.00
146	Kristen Hines	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	2	150.00
147	Kate Wilson	Maggie’s misfits	1	150.00
148	Lucia Hines	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	2	150.00
149	Karen Chisholm	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	150.00
150	Victor Morton	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	150.00
151	Kristen Smith	The Freeze Knees	2	150.00
152	Cohen Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	135.00
153	Amelia Lewicki	Lincoln Roaders	4	135.00
154	Alyssa Lewicki	Lincoln Roaders	4	130.00
155	Shannie Dereniuk	Benediction Church	2	125.00
156	Melinda Recchia	Pharmacy Phamily	3	125.00
157	Wendy Saulesleja	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	125.00
158	Billie Ross	Chaos with a Cause CC	3	125.00
159	Declan Kukula	Benton Youth	3	125.00
160	Sarah Kipfer	Mapleview Mennonite Church	1	120.00
161	Lisa Gaetan	Scotia Spark	2	120.00
162	Milana Madzarac	Pharmacy Phamily	4	115.00
163	Danielle Ringer	Dani and the Boys	4	110.00
164	Brent Kipfer	Mapleview Mennonite Church	1	100.00
165	Anita Araujo	YNCU Corporate South	2	100.00
166	David Harris	Creekstriders	1	100.00
167	Ethia Gakunzi	Benton Youth	2	100.00
168	Daniela Andrasi	Base Champions	1	100.00
169	Vitus Armand Andrasi	Base Champions	1	100.00
170	Ryan Carruthers	Benediction Church	1	100.00
171	Lisa Reitzel	Colour the Night	1	100.00
172	Sylvia Decker	The Centre for Family Medicine	1	100.00
173	Christian Larsen	Benton Youth	2	100.00
174	Venu Bommagani	Team TCS - Kitchener	1	100.00
175	Andrew Glendon		2	100.00
176	Logan Chin	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	100.00
177	Theodore Landry	S'more walkers	3	100.00
178	Felix Landry	S'more walkers	3	100.00
179	Pierce Landry	S'more walkers	3	100.00
180	Paul Rostrup	Kitchener Rotary	1	100.00
181	Caleb Enns	Uptown Community Church	1	100.00
182	Trinity Spry	Mighty Quinns	2	100.00
183	Ethan Matthison	Benton Youth	3	100.00
184	Naomi Matthison	Benton Youth	3	100.00
185	Veronica Carruthers	Benediction Church	1	100.00
186	Heather Burry Dodd	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	100.00
187	John Cummings	Lincoln Roaders	2	100.00
188	Thao Vu	Conrad Grebel University College	1	100.00
189	Georgie Mitchell	KW Libro	2	100.00
190	Nolan Smith	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	2	100.00
191	Victoria Lehmann	CISV waterloo	2	100.00
192	Ken Schultz	Creekstriders	1	100.00
193	Gary Winterhalt	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	2	100.00
194	Gustavo de Azevedo Silva	Benton Youth	2	100.00
195	Kiersten McLeod	Benediction Church	1	100.00
196	Savannah Winker	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	100.00
197	Mitchell Terpstra	Benton Youth	2	100.00
198	Sonja Petersen	Benton Youth	3	100.00
199	Jan Blackburn	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	1	100.00
200	Braelyn Franz	Conrad Grebel University College	1	100.00
201	Xander Xiong	Benediction Church	1	100.00
202	Megha Bansal	Rockin' Rays	1	100.00
203	Dave Champion	Base Champions	1	100.00
204	Emsley Kukula	Benton Youth	3	100.00
205	Eliana Gakunzi	Benton Youth	3	100.00
206	BJ Champion	Base Champions	1	100.00
207	Meredith Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group	3	95.00
208	Anna Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	2	90.00
209	Eponine Loney	Pathway Community Church	3	80.00
210	Evangeline Loney	Pathway Community Church	3	80.00
211	Ephraim Loney	Pathway Community Church	3	80.00
212	Sarah Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	75.00
213	Joel Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	75.00
214	Muriel Praught	Praught Sneezers	1	75.00
215	Jadon Van Es	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	75.00
216	Ellie Dyck	Benton Youth	2	75.00
217	Shannah-Lyn Clifford	Benton Youth	2	75.00
218	Suellen Vieira de Souza	Benton Youth	1	75.00
219	Zara Sen	Benton Youth	1	75.00
220	Jill Sadler	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty	2	75.00
221	Efrem Mulu	Benton Youth	1	75.00
222	Tolu Adeleye	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	2	75.00
223	Hannah Beyene	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	2	75.00
224	Selome Mulu	Benton Youth	1	75.00
225	Michaela Slomka	LifeNorth.Church	1	75.00
226	Yonatan Mulu	Benton Youth	1	75.00
227	Mila McMurray	Conrad Grebel University College	1	75.00
228	Nate Carl	KJR U11 Select Team	2	75.00
229	Finn Carl	KJR U11 Select Team	2	75.00
230	Alan Praught	Praught Sneezers	1	75.00
231	Tori Rocha	Starbucks 235	2	73.55
232	Berlin Nixon	Mighty Quinns	3	60.00
233	Lisa Potter-Marche	KW	2	60.00
234	Mary Corry	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran	2	60.00
235	Chloe France	KW Libro	2	55.00
236	Sara Clarke	KW Libro	2	55.00
237	Silas Mutter	KJR U11 Select Team	1	50.00
238	Sarah Towers	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	50.00
239	Jeremy Bishop	KJR U11 Select Team	1	50.00
240	Lucy Gardiner	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
241	Maria Scholman	Conrad Grebel University College	1	50.00
242	Kathleen Green	Kindred Credit Union	1	50.00
243	David WIlkinson	Immanuel Pentecostal Church	1	50.00
244	Karem Orellana	Scotia Spark	2	50.00
245	Kathy Elliott	Kindred Credit Union	1	50.00
246	Scott Dodd	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
247	Phil Lehmann	CISV waterloo	1	50.00
248	Darlene Dakin	Dragons	1	50.00
249	Breanne Tessaro	Mission: Employed	1	50.00
250	Brock Sawlor	Uptown Community Church	1	50.00
251	Luke Bolhous	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
252	Madeline Jones	Benediction Church	1	50.00
253	Chris and Lucas Albrecht	Mapleview Mennonite Church	1	50.00
254	David Brunsting	Uptown Community Church	1	50.00
255	Rachel Elkin	CISV waterloo	2	50.00
256	Calvin Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
257	Jordan Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	50.00
258	Reg Lewicki	Lincoln Roaders	1	50.00
259	Anna Reesor Rempel	Conrad Grebel University College	1	50.00
260	Michael Brnjas	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	50.00
261	Stella Reesor Rempel	Conrad Grebel University College	1	50.00
262	Alaia Brito Lopez	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	50.00
263	PersonGuy Hu	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB	1	50.00
264	Olly Nespoli	KJR U11 Select Team	1	50.00
265	Kohen Faulkner	S'more walkers	1	50.00
266	Lily-Anna Faulkner	S'more walkers	1	50.00
267	Tiffany Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
268	Hannah Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
269	Jonathan Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
270	Fiona Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers	1	50.00
271	Karen Liphard	Dragons	2	45.00
272	Matthew Williams	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	40.00
273	Laura Gardiner	G-Force: Grandview Church	1	40.00
274	Caleb Martin	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	40.00
275	Hannah den Bak	Hope in the night	2	40.00
276	Lesley Chiasson	Dragons	1	30.00
277	Abdu Lounici	KW Libro	1	25.00
278	Andre Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	25.00
279	Devorah Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	25.00
280	Elliot Bean	Oasis Mennonite Church	1	25.00
281	Megan Bourdeau	Another Manic Monday	1	25.00
282	Paula Connolly	U11BBKJRBLUE	1	25.00
283	Blake Jolley	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	25.00
284	Faith Kennedy	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	25.00
285	Brian Blake	Another Manic Monday	1	25.00
286	Nishola Shittu	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes	1	20.00
287	Macy Nixon	Mighty Quinns	1	20.00
288	Jenna Paikowsky		1	20.00
289	Larissa Conley	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
290	Nathaniel Samis	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
291	Lori Brodie	Maggie’s misfits
292	Noah Schiedel	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
293	Sarah Ward	Benediction Church
294	alexandre lamarche	YNCU Corporate South
295	David Fotia	YNCU (Kitchener)
296	Yuliia Poliakova	Kitchener Rotary
297	Coreen Kavanagh	KW
298	Evan Schneider	Collabria Financial - Kitchener
299	Maria Oreshkin	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
300	Kae Ainsworth	Starbucks 235
301	Tia Tuinstra	Mighty Quinns
302	Jonathan Gardiner	G-Force: Grandview Church
303	Joan Hartwig	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
304	Alicia Elvins	Dragons
305	Eric Kosel	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
306	Ryan Kennedy	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills
307	Rob Piombini	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
308	Tunde Abiodun	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
309	Dalibor Radulovic	4M COMMERCIAL GROUP/LUXE REALTY TEAM
310	Merve Ozbek	KW
311	Becky Ewan	Pharmacy Phamily
312	Maeve Wilson	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
313	Devon Wagler	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
314	Cailean Thompson	Starbucks 235
315	Julia, Fraser, Emma and Lacey Hutton	The Centre for Family Medicine
316	Erika Guderian	Uptown Community Church
317	Amanda and Luke Gerber	Mapleview Mennonite Church
318	Kaite Ghent	Mighty Quinns
319	Ruhama Amar	YNCU Corporate South
320	Leslie Hurst	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
321	Heidi Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church
322	Aislinn Clancy
323	Bill Ridley	Indigenous Vets
324	Eden Suderman	Conrad Grebel University College
325	Amber Kieffer	Creekstriders
326	Navdeep singh	Chaos with a Cause CC
327	Julia Strong	Conrad Grebel University College
328	Vanessa Hoff	Top Tier Squadron Of Crazies And Chills
329	Joanna Niemi	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
330	gloria rees	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
331	Wendy Paterson	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
332	Caleb Jukes	Uptown Community Church
333	Stella Erotokritou	YNCU (Kitchener)
334	tony gylland	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
335	Tom Legrady	Kitchener Centre NDP
336	Allan Cayenne	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
337	Lisa Pokrajac	Dragons
338	Kenton Shantz	Oasis Mennonite Church
339	Zack Hall	Chaos with a Cause CC
340	Robert Metcalf	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
341	Mark Stromenberg	Chaos with a Cause CC
342	Ayushi Ayushi	Scotia Spark
343	Charles Pushparajah	Mighty Quinns
344	Madeline Frey	Conrad Grebel University College
345	Salman Bin Jasim	YNCU Corporate South
346	Temitope Saheed	YNCU Corporate South
347	Derek Maddicks	Chaos with a Cause CC
348	Zach Harwood	Benediction Church
349	Rachel Hughes	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
350	Katy Biersteker
351	Sarah Fortuna	YNCU Corporate South
352	Tricia Snider	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
353	Peter Kotwicz
354	Mary Stanley	Pharmacy Phamily
355	Scott Starra	Rockin' Rays
356	Katiana Wieczorek	Conrad Grebel University College
357	Tracy Miller	Dragons
358	Nancy Penhorwood	YNCU (Kitchener)
359	Jenn Kyei	YNCU Corporate South
360	Sam Giesler-Brown	The Centre for Family Medicine
361	Kristian Nessel	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
362	Gustavo Guimaraes	YNCU Corporate South
363	Ibi Brown	Dragons
364	Murray and Jackie Hill	Pathway Community Church
365	Evan Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church
366	Tony Smith	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
367	Bethany Sider	G-Force: Grandview Church
368	Carolyn Crozier	Dragons
369	StrykerZ Kitchen & Bar
370	Lisa Mellon	Warming Heart’s ??
371	Emily Molnar-Snyder	CISV waterloo
372	Cihan Saracoglu
373	Kayla Fielding	Conrad Grebel University College
374	Joanne Lenos	Forest Heights Community Association
375	Reece Harms	Conrad Grebel University College
376	Jennifer Smith	G-Force: Grandview Church
377	Judy Jewett	Creekstriders
378	Abigael Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
379	Janine Arsenault	YNCU Corporate South
380	Mira Conley	Kitchener East Neighbours Group
381	Alicia Cunningham	Scotia Spark
382	Aletheia Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
383	Janet Hahn	St. Andrew's Kitchener and St. Peter's Lutheran
384	Charmaine Kuepfer	Creekstriders
385	Alina Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
386	Aryanna Todoroff	Conrad Grebel University College
387	Sonia Nand	KW
388	Kayla McNally	YNCU Corporate South
389	Rose Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church
390	Jeanette Balzer	Pathway Community Church
391	Rhea Sanjay	CISV waterloo
392	Kristen Saburn	Starbucks 235
393	Zoya Siddiqui	Gillam's Waterloo Warriors
394	Kim Reeds
395	Erika Brandt
396	Andy Stumpf	Lincoln Roaders
397	Jessica Reesor Rempel	Conrad Grebel University College
398	Stephen Balzer	Pathway Community Church
399	Owen Prutton	Kindred Credit Union
400	Matthew Chin	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
401	Steven Reesor Rempel	Conrad Grebel University College
402	Peter Irwin	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
403	Arianne Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
404	Don Di Maulo	Pharmacy Phamily
405	Hayley Sloan	Chilled & Thrilled @WMB
406	Sarah Bateman	Team Ray of Hope
407	Hava Figenblat	Chaos with a Cause CC
408	Cindy Aponte	Vida Team
409	Betty Papazotos	Forest Heights Community Association
410	Amara Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
411	Navjot Singh	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
412	LifeNorth. Church	LifeNorth.Church
413	Charm Relator	YNCU Corporate South
414	Jillian McBurney	Dragons
415	Jaisek Liphard	Dragons
416	Amber Pareja	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
417	Lisa Pardys	G-Force: Grandview Church
418	Jennifer Kern	YNCU Corporate South
419	Daniel Manary	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
420	Derek Smith	Maple Reinders - Cambridge
421	John Elliott	Starbucks 235
422	Kerri Hallman	Creekstriders
423	Dongju Choi	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
424	Macy Smith	The Freeze Knees
425	Lydia Bateman	Team Ray of Hope
426	Nolan Hill	YNCU (Kitchener)
427	Matt Champion	Base Champions
428	Costas Erotokritou	YNCU (Kitchener)
429	Natalie Gondosch	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
430	Chris Colquhoun	The Real Estate Collective - eXp Realty
431	Karen Brock	The Belmont Village Ice Breakers
432	prerna sharma	Team TCS - Kitchener
433	Dan Fennema	Chaos with a Cause CC
434	Adleigh Hamill	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
435	Johana Fonseca Ramirez	Chaos with a Cause CC
436	Emilia Morra	Sunny Cats
437	Katherine Fallon
438	Andrew Noble	G-Force: Grandview Church
439	Evan Keogh	KJR U11 Select Team
440	Kelly Waytowich	Recovering Stepworkers
441	Jeff Coveyduck	Rockin' Rays
442	Holly Lunge	Chaos with a Cause CC
443	Cindy Damsma	Maple Reinders - Cambridge
444	MOEN SATHIYAMURTHY	Starbucks 235
445	Jason Nicol	Dragons
446	Aimee Wagner	YNCU Corporate South
447	Sarah de Waal	Pharmacy Phamily
448	Bill Goudy	G-Force: Grandview Church
449	Sunit Kalkoti	YNCU Corporate South
450	Haleema Rehman	KW
451	Olamide Babalola	YNCU Corporate South
452	Virginie Tremblay	Dragons
453	Hailey Groothuis	CISV waterloo
454	Asmahan Saboon	Starbucks 235
455	Chloe Hearty	Conestoga College Community Services
456	Tori Palazian	LHCS 5B Frosted Flakes
457	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 >

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.