Charitable Gaming or cGaming supports many of your local programs including: Health and Social Services: From hospitals to mental healthprograms, Community Support: Like foodbanks and service clubs, Senior Services: From meal services to home care support, Arts and Culture: Funding for theatre, music, visual arts, and cultural heritage, Youth Sports: Programs for children under 18, Education: Including after school programs and daycare, Religious Groups: Support for places of worship and religious activities.

Almost Home provides temporary accommodations for families with ill or injured children who come to Kingston to receive treatment. When a child is receiving treatment, the healing process can only be improved when a child is surrounded by the love and support of their family. At Almost Home, we understand this, and we strive to enable families to stay together during these difficult times and focus on getting better, together. We provide a comfortable and caring environment – a temporary home-away-from-home – for families to get a much-needed break from hospital surroundings.

Sheba’s Haven rescues Palliative dogs with non-curative illnesses so they can live out their lives in a well balanced environment, as part of our family. They are free to roam indoors or outside in our fenced 3 acre property. We get our dogs mainly from shelters that know the dog still has a lot of life in them. Due to their illnesses, we incur high vet bills to make sure they are comfortable during this phase of their life.

Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders who dedicate their time and talent to tackle the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members from more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels. Our club was founded April 22, 1985. Our members are dedicated people who share a passion for both community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group of professionals who share your drive to give back. Our club welcomes new members. If interested email info@ckrotary.org.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 560 works to aid our veterans and assist many deserving  local groups and charities. We are members of Community Spirit Gaming Association and have volunteers at the Community Spirit Gaming Centre, where we earn funds through our volunteer assignments. These funds help us to provide much needed help to non-profit groups. We are proud to have provided aid to many in Kingston including women’s shelters such as Interval House and Dawn House, homeless shelters/drop-in centres such as St. Vincent De Paul, and the local food banks. For 15 years we have supported and sponsored the KGH Auxiliary Annual Teddy Bear campaign with thousands of dollars, which we earned from our cGaming fundraising efforts. The RCL Branch 560 invites sit-ins from local nursing homes to an annual Legion Week banquet that is very much anticipated and enjoyed by approximately 100 seniors. All this is made possible through the work of our great volunteers at the Community Spirit Gaming Centre. Without us being members of Community Spirit Gaming Association, all of these programs would suffer. We certainly could not sponsor the Teddy Bear Campaign and would only be able to help some groups from others source of fundraising but definitely not to the extent that we do. Thank you cGaming, Charitable Gaming IS Community Good.

The Kingston Police Pipe Band is a branch of the Kingston Police Community Volunteers and all of our members, performers and teachers are 100% volunteers. We provide a safe and diverse space with positive role models from all walks of life. We provide free music lessons for all ages, free use of equipment and free uniforms. Being that we are a part of the Kingston Police, “serving our community” is woven into the fabric of what we do. We do everything within our power to provide the community with the opportunity to engage with music, at no financial expense to the participant. 

The Centre Frontenac was founded in 1978 to unite and meet the cultural and community demands of the francophones in the Kingston area. The first employee Gabrielle Gosselin ‘s mandate was to unite, coordinate and serve the francophone community, as well as to obtain and provide human, technical, and financial resources.  Centre social et culturel Frontenac was officially founded in June 1980. In 1996, the CCF moves into its new location: a school community centre that houses Marie-Rivier Public Secondary School and the Octave Theatre where it has been ever since. Today, the cultural center mission is to serve an inclusive and dynamic Francophone community, gathering to celebrate arts and culture in French.

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre is a non-profit organization facilitating the presentation, interpretation, and production of contemporary visual, time-based and interdisciplinary arts. Modern Fuel aims to meet the professional development needs of emerging and mid-career local, national and international artists, from diverse cultural communities, through exhibition, discussion, and mentorship opportunities. Modern Fuel supports innovation and experimentation and is committed to the education of interested publics and the diversification of its audiences.

The Amherstview Jets are a proud not-for-profit, community-based Junior hockey team.  Operated exclusively by volunteers, we pride ourselves in offering quality opportunities for young athletes beyond their minor hockey years, promoting the importance of a healthy and balanced lifestyle, the growth of community focused citizens, and the development of long-lasting qualities such as fraternity, courage, altruism, discipline, and perseverance.

Kingston Aeros Trampoline Club offers a variety of programs for people of all ages, shapes, sizes and abilities. Housed in an almost 8000 sq/ft fully accessible facility, they pride themselves on providing a fun, safe and welcoming atmosphere for all their participants. Each trampoline is the same type used in the Olympic Games. With five times the bounce, these trampolines give participants the ability to strengthen core, back and leg muscles while learning skills safely.

For almost 75 years, The Kingston Baseball Association has been Kingston’s premier baseball league, where FUN is the main priority and athletes can thrive in an atmosphere built for success. Year over year, we continue to grow at an exciting pace with over 750 players and fields located around the City of Kingston.

Originally, Kingston Impact Basketball was many different leagues. On Sunday June 24th, 2007, the Kingston Fighting Irish, Kingston Running Rebels, Kingston Cavaliers and the Pacer Basketball Club (the recreational league) united to provide Kingston with a single, multi-tiered basketball club called the Kingston Impact Basketball Club. In our Development League we support all tiers of play from our Mini-Gael's (ages 5-7) right up to Bantam ( ages 13-14) in both girls and boys divisions. We also provide a competitive side for players.  Each season we run, on average, 16 competitive teams for both boys and girls from grades 5-12.

The Kingston Panthers Rugby Football Club was founded in 1967 with the mission to promote and encourage the sport of rugby in the Kingston area.We offer competitive and recreational play for both men and women, young and old with no experience necessary!

Kingston Thunder is operated at Woodbine Park in the west end of Kingston but our boundaries run from Frontenac County Border with Leeds to Shannonville to the West, and encompass Kingston/Odessa/Amherstview/Napanee, and all areas north of the 401 in Frontenac county. Our association has house league/select teams and rep teams. We provide uniforms for house league players, and for all teams: equipment, insurance, coaches with credentials, umpiring, indoor and outdoor practices year round, plus guaranteed games and practices each week.

The Kingston Branch of the Navy League of Canada supports two amazing youth groups- Navy League Cadet Corps Cataraqui for youths 9-12 years of age, and Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Saint Lawrence for youths 12-19 years of age that are free to join. Ball caps and corps team T-shirts are also provided to each cadet to keep and use when directed.  Training equipment and supplies need to be plentiful to provide each cadet the benefit of “hands-on” learning. Both cadets and staff are hoping for a return to in-person training so musical instruments can be repaired or replaced and the music program can launch again; first aid training equipment and supplies are available to support skills development and competition teams; cadets can get back on the water and overnight summer training can be organized.

NORHT FRONTENAC HOCKEY Our Association is part of the Intercommunity House League which means that families travel from Gananoque to Stirling to play house league hockey. This is particularly important for our rural families in making sure hockey is accessible to as many players as possible.  Hockey teaches team play, discipline and offers an opportunity for life long friendships to develop and grow.  We have programs for youth ages 4 to 17 with all levels of skill. We endeavor to provide skill development and fair play and we provide programs in which each participant may maximize their potential as an athlete and a team mate. It is hoped that through the various programs offered, players will develop, who by choice can progress to more competitive teams.

Established in 1968 from an idea a Phys Ed Teacher had, Special Olympics was created. Special Olympics Ontario is a charitable, volunteer driven, non-profit organization which provides year-round sport training for some 14,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities. Athletes of all ages have the opportunity to train in sixteen official sports and numerous demonstration sports. The primary objective of Special Olympics Ontario is to contribute to the physical, social and psychological development of people with intellectual disabilities through positive, successful experiences in sport. The focus is to promote sport programming for individuals in their community. In keeping with the philosophy of sport training, we also promote competition at higher levels. This is accomplished with the staging of Provincial Games every two years and National and International Games every four years. Special Olympics does not restrict athletes to only our own competitions in fact, we promote integration of our athletes into community based generic sports programs whenever possible.

The pandemic has been stressful, especially when it comes to schools and students attending school, whether that be online learning or onsite. Glenburnie Public School used funds raised through cGaming to purchase a school yoga program that has been made available to every classroom. Many classes already did their own relaxation/breathing exercises and have found this to be very helpful. It’s been shown that yoga can improve focus, memory, self-esteem, academic performance, and classroom behaviour, and can even reduce anxiety and stress in children. School can be stressful at the best of times, and then add in a pandemic, and it gets even more so. The tools learned through yoga can be applied in the classroom but also outside the classroom and benefits students greatly. Being a part of Community Spirit Gaming Association and being able to volunteer at the centre allows us to earn revenues for programs such as this and without cGaming it just would not be possible.

Holy Cross joined Community Spirit Gaming Association recently, they are a Catholic School in Kingston raising funds to support student programs.

Charitable Gaming is invaluable for running programs for our students at Kingston Secondary School.  These funds allow us to buy the equipment and pay the necessary fees to participate in various events such as football, rugby, track and field, field hockey, ice hockey, soccer, basketball, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, badminton and much more. Much of the equipment needed to participate in these sports is very expensive and the cost would make these activities impossible for many students to access without support. One such example are football helmets.  Each new helmet costs about $400.00 and needs to be reconditioned every two years at a cost of about $60.00.  Our program tries to maintain a supply of 90 helmets for our athletes. This year cGaming funds helped us purchase 15 new helmets and recondition over 40 of our old helmets.

For over 25 years, La Garderie Croque-Soleil, a not-for-profit francophone daycare, has offered after-school care, summer camps and daycare for children from 6 months to twelve years old. The programming at La Garderie Croque-Soleil is designed to support the overall development of each individual child in a caring and stimulating environment. 

The Learning Disabilities Association of Kingston has provided information, resources and advocacy to the Kingston community for over forty years.  

Polson Park Public School Advisory Council is a volunteer group comprised of school parents and family members. The council provides a forum through which parents and other members of the school community can contribute to improving student achievement, well-being and enhance the accountability of the education system.  

Even though our student population has doubled in the last few years, we still only have 240 students, making Holsgrove a small school in our community. The sudden growth combined with minimal space, supplies, and funding means that every dollar raised through cGaming makes a huge impact on our students and their learning. Without cGaming, we would not have been able to purchase the technology, books, and sports/yard equipment that kept students thriving during the pandemic. We will soon be able to offer school clubs, field trips, and art programs, further enriching our children's education. We are continually grateful to the Community Spirit Gaming Association for the opportunities that they provide! 

Holy Family Church was opened in the Rideau Heights area of Kingston 60 years ago. It is affiliated with St Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School. We have many members who attend from this area, some from other areas of the City and beyond. Our parish has been served since 2014 by Friar James Fukes, a Conventual Franciscan priest, who lives in Kingston with other members of his order. The five Franciscan values are service, humility, peacemaking, contemplation, and collegiality. Particular characteristics of the Conventuals' tradition are community life and the urban apostolate. Holy Family is blessed with parishioners who assist in many areas of parish life and a dedicated group of parish volunteers who work assignments at Community Spirit Gaming Centre. Throughout Covid, social distancing and sanitizing of our church allowed us to remain open. Being a member of Community Spirit Gaming Association allowed us to use earned funds in 2021 to finally renovate the church washroom which was long overdue. Over the years, thanks to cGaming funds, we have been able to offer food cards to people in need in our area and pay many other costs associated with parish programs, services and maintenance. cGaming helps balance our budget each year, providing a sense of accomplishment to Gaming Centre volunteers and helping to meet the goals of our parish.

St Linus is a Catholic Church located in Bath, which is west of Kingston. We have been in Bath since the mid 1800’s as evidenced by some of the grave markers in our cemetery. We have partnered with other churches and charities in the village to do a Christmas basket drive, support the weekly Food Bank, and different fundraisers during the year to help people within the community. This has been particularly important during the pandemic. In addition, because we are close to Kingston, and part of the Archdiocese of Kingston, our Church helps with programs within Kingston, such as the Futures Fund of the Kingston Frontenac Family Services, as well as their Tree of Hope. We are also a retirement community which means many of us have lost spouses, or other family members. We have used the services offered by Hospice Lennox and Addington in Napanee, Grief Counseling, as well as the Kingston Hospice. Giving funds to these helps community members in times when they feel despair, and alone. 

St Mary's Cathedral is a Catholic charity serving the community in Kingston Ontario. It includes services such as a daily Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms, and the Anointing of the Sick. St Mary's also runs a drop-in centre offering kindness, acceptance and light meals to thosein need. Many other services are offered to the community, such as evangelization and Catholic education programs for children and adults, counselling and mentoring, and refugee sponsorship. Being a member of Community Spirit Gaming Association and being able to volunteer at Community Spirit Gaming centre allows us to support all of these programs. Recently, funds were used for much-needed repairs to the windows of one of our heritage buildings.