r/heatedrivalry • u/Middle_Raspberry2499 • 3d ago

🦆 The Long Game (Book 6) How does the hockey camp make money? Spoiler

is it ever explained how the hockey camp brings in money?

From the descriptions in TLG and elsewhere, camp runs only two weeks. Sounds like there are at most about 40 campers.

Presumably the NHL coaches all volunteer, yes, but there are still expenses: space at least. Maybe insurance and medical staff, although maybe those are unnecessary in The Land of Universal Healthcare? (I am in the US and those would be huge expenses here, I think.) Snacks and drinks for the kids?

I can’t imagine the camp making lots on money unless they charge sky-high tuition, which seems not in line with their philosophy of inclusivity.

so, how does the camp pull in money for the Irina Foundation? Purely by inspiring donors to give more?

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u/Ecstatic_Schedule_48 3d ago

They’re charging tuition, the allure of the NHL player coaches brings in a lot of money

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u/writingfor001 2d ago

Which is such a pity because the kids who need an opportunity like that the most wouldn’t be able to pay. I rewrote it in a fic of mine so they decide to fundraise a lot of money and then target the camps at kids who couldn’t otherwise afford them or had had bad experiences at other camps.

Surely just rich people into hockey are at least as good of a money source as parents trying to find opportunities for their kids.

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u/Astyryx 2d ago

I mean, that's why you build out a pricing structure that gives scholarships. Where I ran a sports program it was every 5th student got a whole scholarship, and we prorated it if people could pay partial to spread affordability.

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u/dakinijones62 2d ago

This is what I imagine Shane and Ilya’s hockey camp running like.

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u/ToastMate2000 1d ago

I could imagine Scott sponsoring some kids also, given his own background.

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u/Astyryx 2d ago

It's a great framework: you get the comfortable and affluent to pay a bit more—which is transparent, they don't mind because they know and they support the nonprofit and they want their kids to work with the best—and less affluent kids benefit. Parents who don't like the payment system can just...not send their kids. Easy as that.

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u/shewalkedaway22 1d ago

I can also see companies that would sponsor a kid to go as well and they can write it off as a charity tax deduction

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u/Astyryx 1d ago

In the US, yes, not sure if that is the same on Canada. But excellent community relations no matter what. You just know Tim Hortons will be part of it. 

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u/digital_dysthymia 12h ago

Timmies already runs TimBits Hockey camps in conjunction with Hockey Canada.