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Canada's
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"Helping Save Lives & Our Planet!"

Unveiled in January 2005 at Wayne Gretzky's Studio, this award honours Canadians who have made extraordinary contributions to help charities reach their goals in the game of life.

Funded totally by its Founder fanscharity.com, Canada's World Charity Award Program, was invented to help promote all charities. We are not a charity. Our goal is to help all charities increase awareness, funding, participation, and to educate children, retirees and seniors on the importance of helping charities. Presently fanscharity.com has helped promote the importance of Global Charities to over

Global Charities are Winning!

The World Charity Award is the Stanley Cup of Charities. Each year "99" individuals have been honoured on the World Charity Award at Wayne Gretzky's Studio, 99 Blue Jays Way, Toronto.

Walter Gretzky Named 2007
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Now you can nominate an individual, including yourself, to have your name put on this unique award. Simply email fanscharity@bellnet.ca with your nominee's name. Include the names of associated charities or fundraising activities, if possible. We encourage past honourees to nominate worthy individuals.

Nominees can be submitted all year long. The cut-off date for 2008 honourees is May 1, 2009, but nominees submitted after that date will be submitted for next year.

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2007, 2006 and 2005 "99" Honourees names and associated charities are listed below. Thank you to CITYTV and Breakfast Television for their coverage of the fanscharity.com World Charity Award at Gretzky's.

We strongly urge all charities to promote and advertise the fact that any individual participanting in or donating to their charity has the opportunity to have their name on the World Charity Award.

Our dream is help save lives and our planet!

fanscharity.com and the World Charity Award Program has been designed for kids and adults of all ages. Participate in any charity event by volunteering or supporting in any way and you can have the opportunity to have your name engraved on the World Charity Award. We are presently producing two one-hour documentaries called "HOPE4ALL" to help teach children of all ages the importance of all fundraisers and charities.

Hope4All Videos Helping Save LIves and our Planet We are very proud to present YouTube documentary videos called "HOPE4ALL" to help teach children of all ages the importance of all fundraisers and charities. The two one-hour documentaries called Hope4All a Walter Gretzky Story and Hope4All Jack's Story are presently being made to distribute to schools worldwide to educate the public on the impact of charities.
	Walter Gretzky’s Story at Gretzky’s Studio – Part One Walter’s work as the National Spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation has earned him the recognition as the 2007 Inspirational Honouree on the fanscharity.com World Charity Award. His extraordinary work is saving lives. View Part 1
	Walter Gretzky’s Story at Gretzky’s Studio – Part Two Walter’s work as the National Spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation has earned him the recognition as the 2007 Inspirational Honouree on the fanscharity.com World Charity Award. His extraordinary work is saving lives. View Part 2
	Jack’s Story in the Media – First Ever World Charity Award Honouree Jack’s work with talking to schools about winning his battle with leukemia was the inspiration for the World Charity Award Program. Jack’s treatments involved over nine charities – Ronald McDonald House, Canadian Cancer Society, POGO, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Make A Wish Foundation, 1-800-2-DONATE Blood, Terry Fox Foundation and numerous SickKids Charities. View Jack's Story
	World Charity Award 2007 Honourees Stories – Part One Regular people are becoming honourarees on the World Charity Award. They are helping save lives and our planet. Their interviews at Gretzky’s Studio touch us all in many different ways. We all can do it!
	World Charity Award 2007 Honourees Stories – Part Two Mike Augustine – Multiple Sclerosis Socirty of Canada 2006 Honouree Stuart Warner – Special Honouree – Corporate Giving Laura Bassoon – Epilepsy Ontario Volounteer Honouree Caroline Horcher – Multiple Sclerosis of Canada 2005 Honouree Sarah Legault – SickKids Development Officer Judith Fowler – Heart and Stroke Foundation Representative Louise Weir – Heart and Stroke Foundation – Weir Memorial Hockey for Heart
	Ron Ellis “72 Hockey Hero” and Charity Hero Ron’s NHL Career and lifetime of charity work has earned him the Inspirational Honouree Accolade on the fanscharity.com World Charity Award for 2006. View Ron Ellis's Story
	Kids on Charities Children ages 3 to 12 are caught by surprise when being asked the question, “What is a charity and a fundraiser?” Thanks to the Northumberland Montessori School in Cobourg, Ontario for their humorous input. View Kids' Story
	Canada’s World Charity Award Honourees Interviews - Part One Their charity ideas and inventiveness is helping save lives and our planet. Each has a special story that educates children and adults alike on the many different ways we can help each other. Kelly Kilbride – Mito March; Sue Creasy – Special Honouree; Gillian Moss – Special Honouree; Sally Blasko – Special Honouree; Ericka Swaby – Canadian Cancer Society Honouree; Len & Rita Mizzoni – Andrew Mizzoni Cancer; Mitch Ramsay – Heart and Stroke Foundation Volounteer; Gino & Rocco Romauldi – Regal Heights Golf Classic – SickKids Hospital; Enio & Lucy Liegghio – Life for Luke Erica Caron – Heart for Hope at SickKids; Michael O’Reilly – LCBO Charity Golf Classic for SickKids; Wendy & Rob Durigon – Jessica’s Footprint.

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ABOVE: 14 Year Old Jack Prins who is winning a battle with leukemia is being recognized by Mike Young manager of Wayne Gretzky's Restaurant. Shown here being presented with a Wayne Gretzky Team Canada Sweater. Jack, along with his family and friends, are responsible for raising over $100,000 for cancer research and associated charties. Jack is the first person to be hounored on the World Charity Award.

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