Heroes and villains battle on the ice

Curl for Kids Sake By Chris Abbott, Tillsonburg News Posted 7 hours ago

Deb Landon looked a lot like Cruella de Vil.

But the Ingersoll, Tillsonburg and Area Big Brothers Big Sisters executive director struggled playing the role Saturday at the annual Curl for Kids Sake fundraiser at the Tillsonburg Curling Club.

"I have a hard time being a villain because my role is to be the good guy," Landon said with a laugh.

"This is our annual Curl for Kids Sake and the theme is Super Heroes and Villains.

"Today's just a fun day of fundraising and socialization. Teams get to play two six-end games, and they have a lunch courtesy of Sobeys Tillsonburg. Tim Hortons has come onboard again providing our donuts and our coffee. And as usual our wonderful Scotiabank here in Tillsonburg is our corporate sponsor for event and our media sponsor is Easy 101-Country 107 and Heart FM. So without all their support, we wouldn't be able to have such a successful event."

Draws for Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs tickets were held, and prizes were awarded to top fundraisers.

"Everyone's having a great time. We've got different teams dressed up in costumes in super hero themes – we have little prizes for those. There's Batman and Robin, we've got the Green Hornet team over there… and the Scotiabank Empire, their costumes look pretty cool as well.

"It's been fun and that makes it even more fun when people dress up. This is a theme we carry out for our curling and bowl-a-thon events through the year, and it just makes it fun. Everyone enjoys it.

"Our goal is to raise $20,000, so we're hoping by the end of the day we achieve that."

That target included an earlier Curl for Kids Sake event in Ingersoll on Feb. 5.

"The money that's raised today from the two draws of 14 teams goes toward our mentoring programs and services," said Landon. "We have about 200 children per year that we service through our in-school mentoring programs, our Big Brother Big Sister and group programs.

"The need is there – we've got 50 children waiting for service in our community programs, and we have hundreds waiting for our in-school mentoring programs."

Source: http://www.tillsonburgnews.com