Fundraising
Fundraising is ESSENTIAL in BYHA!
Bemidji Youth Hockey Association works very hard to keep the cost of our programming as low as possible, and make great efforts to maximize the funds that we raise and that come from our members.
There are three main sources of that funding:
- Registration Fees
- BYHA Raffle
- Charitable Gambling at local businesses
These are the payments you can expect to make in BYHA;
- Registration fee(s) for your player(s) - (August)
- DIBS - (November) Your DIBS check will be cashed at the end of March if you do not fulfill your DIBS volunteer hours.
- Raffle tickets - (January). First Year BYHA players must provide a check to receive raffle tickets in November. Returning players will turn in a check in January.
Charitable Gambling
A successful charitable gambling program takes years to develop and requires constant time-consuming oversight. Our charitable gambling program, which is a 5-star rating, determined by the State of MN, utilizes the funds to help keep the hockey program costs down.
Visit our charitable gambling sites to support the businesses that support BYHA!
- The Garden Grill & Pub
- The NorthStar Speakeasy Bar & Restaurant
- Ruttger's
- Slim's Bar & Grill
- Bemidji Curling Club
- Hatchet House of Bemidji
- Bemidji Bowl
- Bar 209
- Green Mill
- Mizpah Bar
- The Corner Bar
Raffle
2024-2025 RAFFLE RULES
*All raffle prizes must be claimed within 60 days of when a notification has been made to the winner. All unclaimed prizes will become property of BYHA for the next years raffle.
*Prize winners will be posted on bemidjiyouthhockey.org on February 20, 2025 after the winners are drawn.
*Winners will be drawn at the Bemidji Community Arena anticipated on February 19, 2025 at 5:30 pm.
*All winners will be contacted within a couple of days after the drawing to arrange prize pickup or shipping.
*Raffle tickets are $20 and are limited to 8000 tickets.
* A complete list of prizes will be posted on the bemidjihockey.org website.
*Winners are responsible for any applicable fees & taxes.
*New players are required to hand in a $400 check to their Team Manager/Age Rep when they pick up their tickets.
*Tickets are required to be picked up by the Team Manager by late November and money along with tickets must be handed in to Team Manager/Age Rep by January 31st, 2025.
The two players that sell the most raffle tickets will win a free week of Northern Minnesota Hockey Camp in 2024. If there is a tie for number of tickets sold for first or second place, BYHA will put the names in a hat that tied and pull a winner from that to get to two winners. Once a player sells their first 20 tickets and would like to sell more, they can reach out to their team manager or contact myself, Troy Strassburg, at (218) 791-1809 to pick up more. They will be dispersed in 10 ticket increments after their first 20 are sold.
*Any player that sells 10 additional tickets above and beyond the required 20 tickets, will receive $50. A player may receive multiple $50 every time he/she sells an additional 10 tickets. Kudos again to all the kids last year who went out of their way to sell additional tickets. Hopefully we can get more kids to sell additional tickets. Tickets will be provided on a first come/first serve basis and will be provided until we reach the maximum 8,000 tickets.