Everyone Can Play Gala: Oct 11 and 12, 2024
October 11 @ 5:30 pm - October 12 @ 1:00 pm
| $250Everyone Can Play Program a barrier-free program, developed and operated by the OSTEN & VICTOR Alberta Tennis Centre. The program will aim to improve accessible and inclusive participation in tennis at the community-level for new and under resourced Canadians in Calgary.
Our strategy focuses on diverse communities in Calgary with the potential to expand to other markets and needs across Canada. Tennis provides an optimal environment for new Canadians to learn skills, improve physical health, develop cultural understandings, and make social connections.
October 11, 2024
Tennis Exhibition 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Gala Event & Cocktail Reception 7:15 pm – Midnight
October 12, 2024
Celebrity Pro-Am Tennis Event 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Details
- Culinary Experience: 6 of Canada’s Top Chefs will take our guests through a culinary experience.
- Silent & Live Auctions: A silent and auction will be run in conjunction with high value prizes.
- Entertainment: Musical Entertainment
- Speeches from Dignitaries
- Pro-Am Tennis Event: Player auction format where participants can bid to play with a player/celebrity
About The Alberta Tennis Centre
OSTEN & VICTOR Alberta Tennis Centre (ATC) is a non-profit, community-based tennis centre servicing over 45,000 Albertans annually through its various tennis development initiatives and programs. ATC is a recipient of numerous awards, including Canada’s Facility Excellence Award and Canadian Sport Tourism’s Sponsorship Initiative Award.
How does the program work?
ATC will engage, and partner with, existing community-based partners specializing in settlement and integration of over 30,000 Canadians in Calgary each year. Qualified individuals and families identified through partner agencies will be invited to participate in our Everyone Can Play Tennis Program. The program will remove all barriers to participation in tennis at the Alberta Tennis Centre; including complimentary or heavily subsidized programming, providing coaching, equipment, multiple locations, language support and subsidizing the cost of travel, if necessary.
