Organizers of the Kimmett Cup are striving to raise enough money at this year's event to make the wishes come true for up to 10 children.

To do that, the charity tournament has set a goal to raise $100,000 for Make-A-Wish Canada.

The foundation strives to help make life-changing wishes come true for children with critical illnesses. It grants more than 1,000 wishes a year thanks to the generous support of many.

Cathy Gabucci, vice-president of development in Western Canada for Make-A-Wish Canada, says they are excited to once again be a part of the Kimmett Cup.

"We love when fundraisers come up with creative ideas to bring donations and awareness to Make-A-Wish while promoting well-being and camaraderie through sport,” says Gabucci. “Cochrane might be a small town, but the energy, strong community spirit, and generosity will be felt in a very big way. These much-needed funds will help transform lives, one wish at a time.”

Over the years, the Kimmett Cup has made the wishes of 89 children come true and is closing in on contributing $1 million to Make-A-Wish Canada.

Yet the need for support has never been greater, says Reid Kimmett, of the cup's organizing committee.

"The sad reality of life is there are still lots of children who are ill and facing extreme challenges in their lives, and then these charities are having a more difficult time fundraising. There's kind of a disconnect, where the need has never been higher for these charities and these causes, but the donations are not following that need because so many people are facing difficult situations. We're hoping, for one weekend anyway, to try and fill that need for Make-A-Wish and hopefully grant approximately10 wishes in doing so."

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Make A Wish Luke

About Luke

Among the wishes the Kimmett Cup wants to help grant is that of four-year-old Luke.

Luke loves hockey, and his favourite teams are the Calgary Flames and Montreal Canadiens. He likes cheesecake with cherries on top and Skittles. He keeps active by playing soccer, hockey, and baseball.

He's also living with leukemia and his cancer has meant he has been in treatment for half of his life with a year of chemotherapy still to go.

Luke qualified for a wish at a young age. His mom Erin says the older he gets, the more excited and animated he is when talking about his wish.

Although Luke is in the process of figuring out what his one true wish will be, knowing he has one has lit up his world, says his mom.

"Luke's wish has been something that has given hope to our entire family, even when life is really hard," she says. "Joy makes you forget about cancer, and the joy brought from Make-A-Wish is something that will fill Luke up as he is going through the rest of his treatments."