Anne’s Light Myeloma Foundation is bringing
communities together across Ontario for a meaningful day of
connection, awareness, and friendly competition in celebration of
National Pickleball Day - SMASHING MYELOMA!
Anne’s Light Myeloma Foundation is bringing
communities together across Ontario for a meaningful day of
connection, awareness, and friendly competition in celebration of
National Pickleball Day - SMASHING MYELOMA!Anne's Light Myeloma Foundation is a not-for-profit organization created in memory of Anne Tulett, who battled Myeloma before her passing in late 2023.
REGISTRATION
Launching June 1, 2026, this event will build momentum with fundraising leading up to our on-court casual play & afternoon 'Doubles Tournament' on August 8, 2026, Fairgrounds Racquet Clubs across Ontario will rally together to help shine a light on myeloma awareness and support the Foundation’s mission of finding a cure for blood cancer!
More than just a tournament, this campaign is about hope, tenacity and making an impact together - one game, one club, one donation and one supporter at a time.
Whether you’re playing, donating, sharing, or cheering from the sidelines, you’re helping Anne’s Light Myeloma Foundation continue to raise awareness, support those affected by myeloma, and bring people together through the power of sport and community.
PLUS GREAT PRIZES FOR FUNDRAISERS! (see Sponsor tab and Prizes tab above)
[VIDEO GUIDE]
REGISTER
- Open the event page.
- Click the Register button.
- On the form, enter your contact details: cell phone, address, city, province, and postal code.
- Choose your Fairgrounds location from the dropdown.
- Pick your Level of Skill: Beginner, Some Skills/Intermediate, or Smashing it/Advanced.
- Click Save & continue.
CREATE YOUR CAMPAIGN
- Add a short personal message about why you’re participating. Keep it clear and friendly.
- Set a personal fundraising goal (you can change it later).
- Continue to the payment step.
FUNDRAISE & SHARE
- You’ll see a welcome screen confirming you’re on board.
- Click Pay now to complete your $10 CAD registration.
- On the checkout screen, add the Registration item and Continue to pay securely.
- After payment, your campaign is live. Share your campaign link on social media and by email to start collecting donations.
IN YOUR EMAIL
- Look for an email confirming your campaign is live.
- Click View the campaign in the email to open your page quickly.
That’s it—register, personalize, pay the $10 fee, and share your live campaign to start fundraising.
Some locations will host sponsor booths and giveaways! Representatives from Anne's Light will be at each location, along with the Fairgrounds team.
Canadian Blood Services will be on site at Kingston, Leaside, Hamilton and Etobicoke (Cloverdale) Fairgrounds locations, accepting blood & plasma donation registrations.
Fairgrounds Leaside location will also host the Crank Coffee Bus and Wholly Veggie veggie burgers and sweet potato fries samples! And Good Protein will hand out some of their delicious protein shakes at the Vaughan and Whitby Locations.
Stay tuned for more announcements in June and July!
ELIGIBILITY
All registrants will be charged a registration fee of $10. To be eligible to play Pickleball on August 8th at a select Ontario Fairgrounds location, each Fundraiser must raise $100 CDN or more in donations. To be entered to win the Top Fundraisers Grand Prize, registrants must fundraise a minimum of $500 cdn. Winners will be selected amongst top fundraisers.
RECEIPTS
All donations will receive an email receipt directly to the email address provided from Anne's Light Myeloma Foundation, a registered
Not For Profit Organization #1768687-1. General registration receipts will be issued upon payment of a nominal registration fee of $10.00 cdn.
DONATION RECEIPTS equaling the donation minus the admin. fee will be sent via email, however the donor can opt to cover the admin. fee as well. Please note: these are general receipts. ALMF is awaiting Charity Status processing. CRA tax receipts will only be provided, if applicable, upon charitable status approval from the Canada Revenue Agency. CRA receipts will be processed and issued no later than Dec. 31, 2026, as required by law if the donation is made after it is processed by CRA. Otherwise, a general receipt will be issued. No affiliate or partner charitable organizations are permitted to provide CRA receipts for this event.
SPONSORS & PRIZES - [also see PRIZES and SPONSORS tabs]
Fundraisers
Highlights
See all activity30Prizes!
Grand Prize: CLUB MED & AIR CANADA TRIP FOR 2*
CLUB MED ALL-INCLUSIVE TRIP FOR 2 TO THE CARIBBEAN!
SEVEN (7) NIGHTS STAY FOR TWO (2) ADULTS, to Club Med Cancun, Mexico or Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
**Eligible to be entered to win - Fundraisers with a minimum total donations over $500.00cdn or more.
Your prize includes:
- 7 consecutive nights, all-inclusive package standard room, double occupancy.
- Meals, snacking and drinks included in the traditional Club Med all-inclusive package
- Activities included in the traditional Club Med all-inclusive package
- 2 round-trip Air Canada tickets to the Caribbean.
Your prize does not include:
- Any sales or Goods and Services Tax and any similar tax, if applicable;
- Airport improvements fees or any fuel surcharges or other additional costs levied by the air carrier in connection with the flights;
- Travel insurance;
- Personal expense and Optional excursions.
- Cost of passport, tourist cards, vaccination certificates and visas; Excess baggage charges;
- Transfers from airport and from the resort
Conditions:
- Travel must be completed by (the date of the withdraw +1 year) and excludes the weeks of Christmas, New Year’s, Easter, Spring School breaks, President week (Feb 15 week), 90 day booking window and months of July and August are also excluded;
- Booking window at least 90 days prior to the departure.
- Reservations will be accepted based on auctions space availability grid and can only be confirmed 90 days prior to departureand are not combinable with any other promotion ;
- Reservations will be accepted based on auctions space availability grid and are not combinable with any other promotion ;
- The conditions of stay are as described in the Canadian Club Med brochure valid at time of travel ;
- No room upgrade will be granted under any conditions (even monetary).
- This prize is non-transferable, cannot be extended or redeemed for cash, In case of cancellation, for any given reason, the trip will be forfeited.
- Air Canada flights provided, certain restrictions apply - winner to book the flight with promo code provided.
- Please see the attached blackout dates for Air Canada.
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SECOND BIG PRIZE! FOR TOP FUNDRAISERS
Top Fundraisers Draw - all Fundraisers who collect $500+ in donations are entered to win!
- Club Med Trip for 2 (7 days) - Punta Cana Dominican Republic, or Cancun Mexico Resort
- Beach retreat for 2 to Lungovita Beach retreat (3 days) *see rules and regulations on T&C tab.
- Top Fundraisers are considered eligible once they have raised $500 or more in donations.
Terms & Conditions - all prize winners.
Prize winners agree to pick up prizes at the location they choose in registration or where applicable, Anne's Light will mail to winners.
All prizes will be accepted as is. No substitutions or changes will be made. Prizes are non-transferable, and will not carry any cash value. Prizes are provided by our sponsors and are subject to change. Prize winners may forfeit the prize if so desired. Lungovita Beach retreat stays, and other prizes for tournament winners are accepted as is - one prize per 'double'. Organizer reserves the right to change or substitute prizes at any time.
Tournament Winner Prizes
One winning doubles team per participating Fairgrounds location will recieve:
- Tournament Gold Medals sponsored by Anne's Light
- PRIZE INCLUDES: Adidas Pickleball premium paddles, Jewelry Gifts from Elle & Ethos, Good Protein Packs & shakers (2), 1- 2 night stay @ Lungovita Beach Retreat with Winery Tour & Tasting for 2, Neal Brothers Snacks, Massage Addict Gift Cards and more! - valued over $1200 for every location!
All Fundraiser Draw
- Crank Coffee Baskets
- Elle Jewlery sets
- Ethos Fine Jewelry sets
- Sapsucker for a year (1)
- Good Protein Smoothies & Shaker Sets
- Montreal Canadiens hockey jersey SUZUKI autographed with certificate of authentication (1)
- Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Jersey RILEY autographed with certificate of authentication (1)
- 2-night 'Glamping' stays @ Lungovita Beach Retreat (2)
- Planted Candles Gift Packs
- Gift Cards (misc)
- Wholly Veggie Frozen Packs with cooler bags
- Fairgrounds Pickleball Memberships (2)
FOR RULES & REGULATIONS/TERMS & CONDITIONS, click on this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yHTz_mTgzeSUb2Mmh_May71XfMLh-Vgx/view?usp=sharing
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