Every year at HOPE Volleyball SummerFest, our HOPE Ottawa founders face off against our sister organization, HOPE Toronto, in a friendly match. We want to know who you think will win this year!
A little about the contenders…
HOPE Ottawa — You know us, you love us. We’ve been having a blast raising money for community-based charities for the past 43 years and have a strong legacy of raising 4.5 million dollars for more than 150 charities. And we just keep going! HOPE Ottawa is very proud to be the largest two-day charity event in the WORLD. Beyond SummerFest, we’re active in the community doing park cleanups, distributing Bags of HOPE, and are hard at work preparing to launch our grocery support program.
HOPE Toronto — Let us be the first to say that HOPE Toronto is an awesome organization and a worthy opponent. They began their story in 1984, inspired by the founding of HOPE Ottawa. HOPE Toronto has hosted a variety of fundraising events from dance parties to boat cruises, but they found their signature event with their HOPE Volleyball Bash. They have raised over 1 million dollars for 50 local charities and are the largest one day charity volleyball tournament in Toronto.
We may have a deep appreciation for our sister organization, but that won’t stop us from BRINGING IT on the beach. They will be facing our OG crew – the Founders of HOPE – on the court. We hope they’ve been practicing because our team is ready to bring their A-game. Not to brag… but our team beat theirs last year (for like the first time ever, but still) and we’re ready to defend our title. Do you think we can do it?
