The Viera Company’s Todd Pokrywa Supports ‘Hockey Helps The Homeless’ in Toronto

Todd Pokrywa is president of The Viera Company

BREVARD COUNTY • VIERA, FLORIDA – Todd Pokrywa, the philanthropic president of The Viera Company in Brevard County on Florida’s Space Coast, was part of “Eva’s Initiatives – Hockey Helps The Homeless (HHTH) Bay Street Ice Tournament  in Toronto, Canada, which brought together many legends of the game.

“Thank you to Captain Steve Jones for having me back and to my great teammates for another outstanding experience including Andy Curran, Nathan Wiszniak, Mike Lawless, Erik Sowden, Steve Coady, Steve Kanellakis, Len Fragomeni, Rob Lanni, Dan Macintosh, Warren Copnick, Sandy Hurst, Adam Brown, Casey Shanks, Jason Strimas, and National Hockey League Alumni, as well as four-time Stanley Cup Champion, Mike Krushelnyski,” said Pokrywa.

“I also appreciate the hard work of HHTH staff, especially Andrew Gucciardi, Erik Luczak, Trevor Anniss, and Emma Langlois, and all of the volunteers for organizing and executing a successful tournament. It was a phenomenal day being a game changer and raising funds for an important cause that impacts our communities and has personal significance for me.

My deepest gratitude to all of those who supported our efforts as the boom 97.3 team raised over $20,000. This game matters.”

ABOUT HOCKEY HELPS THE HOMELESS

In 1996, Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH) was born from a simple idea – use hockey to help Toronto’s most needy. A group of Toronto businessmen used donated ice time at then Maple Leaf Gardens to host a charity hockey Tournament for friends and colleagues. The inaugural Tournament, then called Hockey for the Homeless would raise just over $8,000.

Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH), leverages Canada’s affinity for hockey to raise awareness and financial support for the homeless through education, fundraising, and by partnering with solutions-based local homeless support agencies.

HHTH believes that every Canadian should have a safe place to call home and the supports that they need to thrive. To ensure all homeless and at-risk Canadians have a fighting chance, HHTH hosts Pro-Am hockey tournaments across Canada where players raise funds to make a direct impact in their own community.

HHTH is a not-for-profit hockey charity with over 20,000 donors, 3,000 players, and 1,000 volunteers that participates annually, and together, HHTH “plays with purpose.” 100% of net proceeds stay local in the city that HHTH has its tournaments in and with support, HHTH is able to partner with over 50+ local homeless support agencies across Canada. Since 1996, HHTH has granted over $24 million to face-off against homelessness.

Hockey Helps the Homeless focuses on two main categories to assist its partners: housing projects and supports. Housing projects include emergency housing, renovations, furnishing, and men, women, youth & family shelters. Supports for clients include recreation, health & wellness, staff support, meals, mental health services, addiction services, storage, transportation, education, outreach, and skills building. With HHTH’s help over the years, hockey has brought together passionate leaders in the community who are dedicated to shutting out homelessness.

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