Canada’s Dairy Farmers are Fuelling Women Champions

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Canada’s Dairy Farmers are Fuelling Women Champions

When I ask my girls, ages 3 and 5, what they want to be when they grow up, they both enthusiastically will say “soccer players”. With goals like that it is hard to imagine they won’t be playing sports by high school and beyond, but the statistics tell me another story.

Did you know that only 59% of girls aged 3-17 participate in sport? Shockingly that number drops to only 16% when it comes to the amount of women in Canada who participate in sport according to a 2016 study commissioned by Canada’s Dairy Farmers.

Despite the many benefits of sports from learning important life skills such as teamwork, leadership and confidence, to the vital role they play in leading a healthy lifestyle, Canadian girls just do not remain engaged in sport due to complex societal barriers.

 

 

 

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Canada’s dairy farmers are combating this social issue with their national initiative – Fuelling Women Champions (FWC), dedicated to the advancement of women in sport. For the second year, Canada’s dairy farmers are launching the Champions Fund, a national $100,000 grant program designed to encourage and support the next generation of girls and women in their pursuit of achieving sports excellence and a healthy lifestyle.

This year the fund has been expanded to $150,000 – up from $100,000 in 2016. A total of 30 grants of $5,000 will be awarded to deserving female athletes, teams and organizations across Canada in October 2017.

 

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The goal of the Champions Fund, and the overarching initiative, Fuelling Women Champions, is to inspire girls and women, regardless of age or ability, to discover the benefits of sport in their lives. As a mother of two girls, that is definitely something I can get behind, and something I hope you will support as well. The need for this type of initiative and grant program is crucial.

Canada’s dairy farmers have proven themselves to be champions of healthy living by providing nutrition and also by playing such an active role in our communities. Their mission with FWC is to help remove the hurdles that exist and to support women’s sports so they will become more watched, more appreciated and more financially stable, from the grassroots level to the elite level.

 

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For more information or to apply for the Champions Fund, visit womenchampions.ca. The application period runs from June 20 to September 20, 2017. The Champions Fund Committee will select the 30 winners from the top 50-60 applicants in October 2017.  Follow and join the conversation online with hashtag #ChampionHer.

 

 Disclosure:   This post has been sponsored by Dairy Farmers of Canada. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own..

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20 Comments

  1. I did a lot of sports when I was a kid and I loved it. This fund will definitely help girls to do the things they love and know they are surrounded by people that are just like her.

  2. I love that Canadian Dairy Farmers are a part of something like this. It really is super important that we help to show women and girls that they can do the things they love and that they have so much support in doing so!

  3. How cool is it that Canadian Dairy Farmers have an initiative like this! I love that they want to help show girls and women that they can do whatever makes them happy no matter what! If they want to learn to play a sport, they can! Great initiative!

  4. I love this initiative.It’s so cool that Canadian Dairy Farmers are stepping up and supporting such a wonderful cause!

  5. What a great initiative, I take my hat off to Canada’s dairy farmers for participating in this worthy cause. Good luck to all those who apply for the aid offered. Go girls go!

  6. The Canadian Dairy Farmers have a great campaign going on here! I love organizations that give back to their communities and this is am important cause to empower female athletes. I also like seeing that the amount donated went up from last year. I find that impressive!

  7. It seems like campaigns like this one by the Canadian Dairy Farmers are drawing more and more attention to the need to empower female athletes. I hope other companies see what a necessary contribution this is and help out as well.

  8. I think it is fantastic the Canada’s dairy farmers started the Champions Fund. It is so important to our girls to be involved in Sports.

  9. Both of my kids were really into sports growing up. My Son is in College and is still on a Basketball team. I love that Canada’s dairy farmers have started this initiative.

  10. It’s a shame that there is not as much support for women’s sports as there is for men’s. Girls deserve the same choices to pursue athletics. I think it’s wonderful that the dairy farmers in Canada are coming together to give girls this support

  11. That’s crazy that the number is that low in Canada. I think it’s great for women’s sports to be out there. I hope that someday my girls will be able to find a sport they love.

  12. It’s great to see that Canada’s Dairy Farmers are making an effort to support girl sports and fuel women champions.

  13. As a mom of three girls, I’ve got to say that this makes me really happy! I may drive up to Canada solely to buy milk to support the dairy farmers who are loving our girls!

  14. That is awesome of Canada’s Dairy Farmers! I played sports in my high school years, think it is important for girls to play sports and have fun just as much as anyone else.

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