Online Donations

Please consider contribution to our athletes and coaches through our online donation page.

 

Dear Friend of Pentathlon,

With your generous financial support, the Canadian Modern Pentathlon Association (CAMPA) will have the resources to provide expert coaching, to offset travel expenses and to provide modest living allowances to existing and rising stars, and continue to do so in the years to come.

Our guarantee to you: 100% of the funds raised will go to supporting Canadian athletes as they prepare and compete at these events.

John Emery, Chair / Colin Peace, Alumni
Fundraising Committee
Canadian Modern Pentathlon Association

Denise Fekete Memorial Fund

The Denise Fekete Memorial Fund was set up in June 2002 following the untimely death of Denise on May 24 of that year, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Through the many generous donations received, the fund will be able to provide a cash award of up to10% of the value of the Fund up to $250 maximum each. It will be presented to the top Canadian male and female athlete, competing in either the Junior or Senior Divisions at the Annual National Championships each year. In an Olympic year, we will honour all Canadian pentathletes who qualify to compete in the Olympic Games.

Pentathlon was a passion for Denise. Her leadership and her meticulous head for detail are part of her legacy to the sport in Canada. Denise was actively involved in many aspects of the Canadian Modern Pentathlon Association for some 25 years. Most recently, Denise was elected to the position of the Member of the Board of Directors of the then Canadian Olympic Association (now the Canadian Olympic Committee), representing modern pentathlon. Denise was very well respected within the COC. She has also held a variety of positions on the Executive of CAMPA (now Pentathlon Canada) and was instrumental in setting up the original National Team Selection Policy of our Association.

Previous Award Winners:

• 2002 Kara Grant (PEI) & Toshi Ihara (British Columbia)
• 2003 Monica Pinette (British Columbia) & William Pratt (Alberta)
• 2004 Kara Grant (PEI) & Monica Pinette (British Columbia) - our 2004 Olympians, & Toshi Ihara (British Columbia)
• 2005 Elena Bales (Ontario) & Tik Maynard (British Columbia)
• 2006 Monica Pinette (British Columbia) & Josh Riker-Fox (Alberta)
• 2007 Monica Pinett (British Columbia) & Tik Maynard (British Columbia)
• 2008 Kara Grant (PEI), Monica Pinette (British Columbia) & Josh Riker-Fox (Alberta)
• 2009 Donna Marie Vakalis (Ontario) & Josh Riker-Fox (Alberta)

Donations to the Fund, in memory of Denise Fekete, continue to be gratefully accepted and should be sent to the attention of Angela Ives, President, Pentathlon Canada at president@pentathloncanada.ca. This will enable the Fund to continue for many years to come. At the present time, thanks to continued donations, the value of the Fund is in excess of $8,000.

Income Tax receipts will be issued for all donations received.

John Norton Fund

John Norton was for many years the National Team Coordinator of CAMPA (now Pentathon Canada). He was a kind and gentle man, a great sportsman who loved biathlon, camping, hiking and modern pentathlon. He worked very hard to promote modern pentathlon across Canada and to establish links with South and Central America.

It is to him that we owe the fact that we have Spanish on the CAMPA letterhead. He was universally liked and trusted for his fairness and open-mindedness.

When John died of cancer in 1984, a man called John Land – the father of one of the Quebec athletes – wanted to establish a fund in John Norton’s memory. Although he was not an athlete, he decided to run the 1985 Montreal Marathon and ask people to sponsor him. He completed the marathon and raised $1,600.

This money was given to Mrs. Norton so that a fund could be established. With the money that was raised, Mrs. Norton bought 10 commemorative plaques. Each year, since 1986, at the Canadian National Championships, the athletes have voted in a secret ballot for the person they feel has shown exceptional sportsmanship and consideration for others. The athlete who is thus honoured in memory of John Norton receives one of the plaques and a cheque, now given by Pentathlon Canada.

Donations to the Fund, in memory of John Norton, continue to be gratefully accepted and should be sent to the attention of Angela Ives, President, Pentathlon Canada at president@pentathloncanada.ca.

Sponsors

CNW Group (www.newswire.ca) was awarded the media sponsorship for the Vancouver Olympic Games and part of our agreement is to raise the level of amateur sport in Canada. We work closely with the Canadian Olympic Committee as well as the National Sport Organization. And as such, CNW is extending our NSO sponsorship agreement to include NSO members throughout the upcoming two Olympic Games.   Pentathlon Canada is pleased to be able to take advantage of this sponsorship offer as of August 1, 2008.
 
As part of the sponsorship, CNW is offering amateur sport organizations in Canada an agreement that will provide each organization with the ability to disseminate news releases across the wire to all media outlets across the country through national, provincial, regional or local distribution.

Sport Canada, Canadian Heritage (http://www.pch.gc.ca) works to help Canadians participate and excel in sport. As part of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Sport Canada strengthens the unique contribution that sport makes to Canadian identity, culture and society.

Marvel & Snap (www.marvelandsnap.com)  offers a comprehensive Web site service, which includes the structure, graphic design, development, and marketing of each of their client's unique Internet identities.

As part of their sponsorship, Marvel & Snap have re-designed the Pentathlon Canada website and will continue to provide ongoing Web services through to the Olympic Games in 2012.