HOCKEY - 2024 Total: $5,570 CAD - Thank you!

The Canucks have been riding high with a strong season last year. This is my excuse to finally get one of my other passions into this Extra Life fundraiser. Go Canucks Go!

I have moved on from BC Children's Hospital Foundation after 18 wonderful years, but the tradition of Extra Life will carry on.

I'll have to think of good challenges and maybe one of my incentives will be a donation match that will depend on the Canucks game against the San Jose Sharks the evening of my fundraiser.

I'll be challenging myself to Hockey Trivia against an AI chat bot for more bonus donations.

Please make a donation. For every donations received, I will personally match it with a $10 contribution. Together, we can make an even bigger impact!

Challenges

Canucks vs San Jose Sharks

I will also be personally donating $50 for every Canucks goal against the San Jose Sharks on the game during my Extra Life event. Let's hope for a better result that that game against the Devils. I'll throw in $100 extra if we get a shutout. Anyone want to match me on this? Sports gambling = Bad! Except when all funds go to charity.

Chat AI trivia

Per $10 of your donation, you request me to challenge ChatGPT to stump me in a Hockey trivia question. I will match every question I get wrong.

Game Schedule

Official Game Day is Saturday November 2, 2024 8am-7am

Game List

Here are a list of games I will be planning on playing:

1. Ice Hockey (1981) Atari - The first Hockey video game.
2. Ice Hockey (1988) Nintendo (NES) - The first Hockey video game that I have played.
3. NHL94 (SNES) - The classic! This is considered one of the best hockey video games and I would have to agree. The best thing about it? It features the Canucks as one of the default top teams.
4. NHL 09 (PC) EA Sports - The latest PC game that is available on the PC. For some reason, EA Sports did not make any more NHL games for the PC, as they felt that consoles were more profitable.
5. Other non-NHL games may be played as well.

FAQ

• I'm having problems/errors when donating. It's not working!
  1. For some people, errors may occur and sometimes it only works when donating under USD. This is usually when a donor is donating using an AMEX credit card. For many donors American Express won't work. This may be resolved.
  2. Another issue is that your web browser may be the problem. Try clearing the cache. If that doesn't work, you can also try clearing the data. It might be simpler to try using a different web browser or try using a different device.
  3. Tip: When filling out your billing address, make sure you change your country first if you do not reside in USA.
• How do I donate in Canadian Funds?
  1. If you use PayPal, the amount can only be charged in USD. To be charged in CAD, you must select the credit card option and then you can choose the CAD option.
  2. When you choose CAD option, your credit card will be processed in CAD so you should not incur any foreign exchange fees when using a Canadian credit card.
  3. You'll see an option to cover processing costs. I recommend keeping this option unchecked. BC Children's Hospital will still get 100% of your donation whether you choose this option. The value on the website will only show the lower amount, however.
  4. If you choose the option to "cover processing costs," it increases your donation value by 7%. You will receive a tax receipt for the full amount you were charged, and BC Children's Hospital Foundation will receive the full amount that you have donated.
  5. The website fundraising total will count your donation in USD, so even though you made a $100 CAD donation, it would show up as a number around $72, although your credit card would be charged $100.00. Your tax receipt will be in the full CAD amount.
• When do I get my tax receipt?
  1. Although you get an email confirmation and a valid US tax receipt immediately after making your donation, Canadian donors will receive a separate tax receipt which will be emailed out later in February 2025 for your donation.
  2. There is an option to choose anonymous. However, if you do, I won't know who has donated. Please email me and let me know you made the anonymous donation which would be helpful to me so I can properly credit you with the donation. If you truly want to remain anonymous you can choose this option.
  3. Regardless of choosing anonymous, the tax receipts are issued in the name specified for the cardholder for credit card donations or under the PayPal account name if donated via PayPal. 
• How much should I donate?
  1. The more the merrier! Even if you donate only $1, an additional $10 will be matched which would be a total of $11 going to help sick children. The bonus $10 donation does not count towards the challenge donation.
• Is your total raised on this webpage measured in CAD or USD?
  1. The website total shows in USD value, if I get a $100 CAD donation it will add about $72 to my fundraising page here. I will convert the USD back to CAD when calculating for the challenge bonuses. So, if I see $36.63 USD donation, I'll assume you made a $50 CAD donation and you can request a $50 challenge for me.