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Kids is getting tons of requests for tickets to DISNEY’S THE LION KING at the Jubilee Auditorium and to WALKING WITH DINOSAURS at Rexall Place! If there’s anyone out there that can get Kids to those events, we’d greatly appreciate your help.

Thanks to the CIBC Theatre for All program, 245 are off to see the WIZARD OF OZ at the Citadel this week. 

Thanks to the Edmonton Oilers Charitable Foundation and the Capitals Baseball organization for sending 200 Kids to take in the Capital’s first game at Telus Field.

Kids can play golf thanks to the generosity of local CPGA Professional Jeff Sveen. (more…)

Join us in giving the CIBC a standing ovation for their efforts in promoting theatre for all in Edmonton. 

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Keystone Kids is a collaborative effort between Edmonton’s Foundation Concerts and Calgary’s Keystone Entertainment Group. This new partnership aims to bring children’s programming to Western Canada. The best news is they’ve chosen Kids Up Front as its national charity partner!

Keystone Kids will be sending kids to the shows, and we also encourage people to purchase tickets for Kids Up Front ‘cause a portion of the tour’s proceeds will be donated back to Kids Up Front in each city. To learn more click on Keystone Kids.

We are moving to a new location. Beginning March 27th please visit us at our new office conveniently located in the Kingsway Business Centre, 11810 Kingsway Avenue (next to the Ramada Hotel). There is ample parking around the KBC to make ticket donation drop-off and pick-up easier. Our phone number will remain the same 780.409.2632. Please note our scheduled moving days are March 25 and 26. We are going to try to get up and running as quickly as possible, but in the event we are down, we apologize for any inconvenience. On March 25 and 26 you may reach Christine at 780.909.3635 or Karla at 780.719.6997.

Kudos to the University of Alberta Athletics Department for inspiring hockey dreams and post secondary education! 30 ‘bigs and littles’ (aka Big Brother Big SIsters of Edmonton) cheered on the Golden Bears in January. 

It didn’t matter to 89 fans that it was freezing cold or if the ‘Oil’ won or lost! These kids were simply thrilled to be part of the action of a live NHL game. Northlands generously provided a set of season tickets so Kids up Front kids can watch the Oilers each and every time they step out on the ice at Rexall Place. 100 kids also received a Kids Kombo courtesy of Northlands this season. Thanks also to ATB Financial, Jim Mazurenko, Brent Buchanan and Ron Ross for putting kids in their empty seats.

Natasha wrote, “this was my first time at a game and it was so awesome.” Check out Natasha’s letter.

Wow, can you imagine all of those cheers! We can’t thank the Oil Kings organization, their awesome season ticket holders and the Edmonton Oilers Charitable Foundation for giving hundreds of kids the chance to see Edmonton’s young guns play hockey during the month of January alone!

During the season, more than 1,000 have experienced the Oil King’s talents live at Rexall Place. Tickets that couldn’t be used by our supporters in January were re-gifted to kids involved with Pathways, YMCA, Crossroads, NET, Boyle St. Coop, Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society,  Catholic Social Services, YESS, Cerebral Palsy Association, Mc Man Youth Services, KARA, The Way In, Big Brothers Big Sisters (Edmonton), Excel Society, The Family Centre, Parkdale Afterschool Program, Fulton Afterschool Program, Ronald McDonald House, Boys and Girls Clubs (Strathcona County) and TERRA.

Jordan wrote, “I’m a big hockey fan…so this means a lot to be able to go and watch the game against the Hitmen. It’s a feeling like when the Oilers and Flames get together for a Battle of Alberta.” Check out Jordan’s letter and other thanks from the kids in our scrapbook.