On Thursday, December 11th, 2014 the BC Sports Hall of Fame was the recipient of a $15,000 donation from the Founder’s Cup Charity Classic. Past Chair of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and a Director with the Founder’s Cup Charity Classic, Dann Konkin presented Alan Tyan Chair of the BCSHF and Allison Mailer Executive Director of the BCSHF with the donation. The donation will support the BC Sports Hall of Fame’s Hero In You Youth Education Programs supporting the organization’s mission of Honouring the Past and Inspiring the Future. Since its inception in 1995 the Founder’s Cup Charity Classic has donated over $250,000 to the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The Founder’s Cup Charity Classic also donated $15,000 to the BC Sports Hall of Fame Foundation.
Left to Right: BC Sports Hall of Fame Foundation Chair Doug Mason, Founder’s Cup Charity Classic Committee member Dann Konkin, BC Sports Hall of Fame Executive Director Allison Mailer and BC Sports Hall of Fame Chair, Alan Tynan.
About the BC Sports Hall of Fame
The BC Sports Hall of Fame is located at Gate “A” of BC Place with an inspiring Hall of Champions, Vancouver 2010 Gallery and many other exceptional galleries. The BC Sports Hall of Fame, a non-profit society, is the ‘go to’ organization for BC sport heritage. For over 40 years, we have honoured BC’s teams, builders, athletes, pioneers, and media through the annual induction ceremony the Banquet of Champions. To date 354 individuals and 57 teams have been inducted onto the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The collection of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum includes over 25,000 artifacts and 20,000 archival documents representing 100 years of sporting accomplishments in British Columbia. In everything it does, the BC Sports Hall of Fame honours, educates, and inspires through the Hero In You Youth Education Programs. The BC Sports Hall of Fame is open daily at Gate A of BC Place from 10am-5pm. Go there. Experience. Be proud. Be inspired. For more information please visit: http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com follow us on twitter@bcsportshall and like us on facebook/bcsportshall