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Sandy Hutchens is proud to support the Canadian Olympic Foundation!

Athletic Excellence

Canada’s Athletic Excellence programs provide Olympic athletes, across all sports, with financial incentives to achieve podium success. Our goal is to help Canada be the number one nation (in total medals) at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and be within the top three nations (in gold medals) at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

Top 5 World Standing: A financial award, valued at $5000 is given to any athlete who finishes in the top five at a World Championship or Olympic Games.

Olympic Medal Winner Program: A monetary award is given to all Canadian Olympians for each individual medal that they win at the Games: $20,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.

Youth Engagement

The Canadian Olympic Foundation’s Youth Engagement initiative is designed to enhance participation of school-age children and youth in high performance sport through community and school-based programs.

Programs such as “Adopt an Athlete,” allow students the opportunity to personally invest themselves in the journey of their ‘athletic hero’ by writing letters and or fundraising to help the athlete achieve their dreams. We believe the collaboration between athlete and youth helps to reinforce the value of pursuing excellence through sport.

For that reason, our goal for the Youth Engagement program is to promote a message of health, fitness and teamwork to the youth of today, so we can produce the Olympians of tomorrow.