The True North Youth Foundation (TNYF) will hold its seventh "Sweeten the Pot" at the Winnipeg Jets home game on Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. vs. the Anaheim Ducks. As a "thank you" to fans, the foundation will sweeten the pot by contributing $25,000 to the opening amount.

TNYF is the charitable arm of True North Sports + Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club. The 50/50 programs of both the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose are run in support of the TNYF and its three core programs: Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy, Project 11 and Camp Manitou.

Winnipeg, MB - The Winnipeg Jets, in support of 'I Love to Read Month' in February, are once again proud to offer Reading Takes Flight, presented by Esdale Printing. The program positively encourages children to develop an interest in reading. Students and teachers in Winnipeg and surrounding area can enter for a chance to host a member of the Winnipeg Jets for a classroom visit on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018.

Winnipeg, MB - The Winnipeg Jets announced today that the 2017 Winnipeg Jets Toy Drive presented by Wawanesa Insurance collected their highest total of toys and monetary donations in the history of the initiative. The Christmas Cheer Board will receive 1,994 toys and $8,288.90 in funds that Jets fans donated over the past few weeks.

The Christmas season is a time of giving for many. It's no different for True North Sports + Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets as they continue their tradition of giving through the Winnipeg Jets Toy Drive this year.

The Toy Drive, which is presented by Wawanesa Insurance, will accept donations at Jets home games on Dec. 1, Dec. 3, Dec. 11, and Dec. 14, as well as at the Canadian National Women's Hockey Team vs. Team USA game on Dec. 5 at Bell MTS Place, Jets Gear stores, and select Wawanesa Insurance broker partners.

When over 15,000 fans chant "Go Jets Go!" at Bell MTS Place, the sound is absolutely thunderous. Cheering from her living room, one passionate young fan makes sure to add her voice to this well-known chant every chance she gets.

Brenna, three, is a huge Winnipeg Jets fan. She may be small, but pound-for-pound she has to be one of the biggest Jets fans around. She is also an incredibly courageous and strong girl.  

In July 2016, Brenna was diagnosed with medulloblastoma. It's a form of cancerous tumour that starts in the brain near the base of the skull and tends to spread to the spinal cord.

They don't call Manitoba "friendly" for nothing.

When Winnipeg Jets fan Ryan Delong found out that none of his friends could go to the November 18 game vs. the New Jersey Devils with him, he got the idea to give his extra ticket to somebody who normally wouldn't have the opportunity to go to a Jets game.

He created a posting online for the seat, asking people to explain why they deserved the ticket. In the end, it was Leslie MacKay, a single mother battling breast cancer and lymphoma.

Dr. Leonard Minuk | Photo courtesy of CancerCare Manitoba

Every year, between 50 and 60 children will be diagnosed with cancer in Manitoba. Everything known about how to cure these special kids has been learned from decades of research. The survival rate for children with cancer is now over 80 per cent, a dramatic increase from 30 years ago. Pediatric clinical trials help determine the most effective and safest treatment for childhood cancers.

Referees may be able to make sure a hockey game is played fairly, but there are no referees when it comes to cancer. Unfortunately, that means it can pick on anyone, including children. The Winnipeg Jets wives were looking to fight back and brighten the days of some of those kids with cancer by raising awareness and money for pediatric clinical trials in Manitoba with an event in mid-October.

The event was part of the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Fights Cancer campaign, in partnership with the NHL's Hockey Fights Cancer initiative and CancerCare Manitoba Foundation. Three children with cancer and their families joined several women from the Jets wives and girlfriends group in painting pottery at the Brush Fire Ceramic Studio. The crew of Jets wives included Brittany Little, Brittany Mason, Emily Byfuglien, Camilla Enstrom, and Tina Kompon.

Like many kids who live in communities all across our province, Brody started playing hockey when he was very young. He was on the ice in kindergarten but when the next winter came around, he wasn't able to skate anymore. It wasn't because he didn't want to skate, it was because he just physically couldn't do it. What his parents Rick and Melanie didn't know at that time was "why" their young son was deteriorating in front of their eyes.   

Maia, 4, is a smart, curious little girl who loves animals - drawing animals, playing with animals, and dressing up like animals. Earlier this year Maia had a lingering fever and rash, she didn't want to eat and complained about pains throughout her body. She wasn't acting like herself and her parents, Alicia and Rob, intuitively knew something was terribly wrong with their daughter.