Winnipeg Jets TrueNorth Foundation

True North Youth Foundation

The True North Youth Foundation (TNYF) is the charitable arm of True North Sports + Entertainment, the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose. Each year, the TNYF endeavours to enrich the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual well-being of Manitoba youth through its core programs – the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy (WJHA), Project 11, and Camp Manitou. Through consistent and innovative educational, sports-based, and character-building programming, the TNYF works to build community, and to support and encourage youth to achieve their full potential.

The TNYF is proud to have positively impacted more than 110,000 Manitobans this past year.

Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy
The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy (WJHA) is a sports-based program offering at-risk youth the opportunity to be part of a team environment, learn new skills and benefit from academic support and mentorship that will help them grow and thrive in the program, in school and beyond. Successive and multi-faceted programming focuses on keeping student athletes engaged within their school communities, maintaining academic success and ultimately graduating from high school with the skills and knowledge to pursue post-secondary education or employment.

Project 11
Project 11 (P11) is a preventative cross-curricular and bilingual mental wellness program available free to all Manitoba’s K-8 educators and their classrooms. Developed in honour of True North’s friend and former Manitoba Moose player Rick Rypien, the program fulfills Rypien’s wish to help youth who struggle with mental wellness. P11 educators continue to share overwhelmingly positive observations from their classrooms including mindful behavior, regulated emotional expression, better communication, stronger relationships, constructive problem solving and healthy friendships among peers. The open and honest conversations taking place in P11 classrooms are helping to reduce the stigma associated with mental health.

Camp Manitou

Camp Manitou is a 39-acre four-season camp located minutes from Winnipeg in Headingley, Man. Camp Manitou prides itself on being accessible, inclusive, innovative and educational and strives to create an environment of belonging and adventure for Manitoba youth and the many school, corporate and organizational rental groups that enjoy the facilities year-round. Through enriching camper experiences, volunteer roles and eventually employment opportunities, Camp Manitou is a key part of programming for the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Academy’s student athletes.

Learn more about the TNYF at TNYF.ca and watch their program videos at TNYF.ca/WJHA, TNYF.ca/CAMP-MANITOU, and TNYF.ca/PROJECT-11.