Become a Billet Family!
The Stampeders Hockey Club is in need of billet homes for the 2016-17 season. A key part of our Stampeders Hockey Program Many of the Stamps, as well as other hockey players who leave home to pursue hockey, depend on billet homes. While several of the Stamps hockey team includes players from Swan River and surrounding areas, others hail from across North America. Each of the out of town players relies on billet families to be an integral part of their success with the Stampeders. Being a billet family plays a major role in our team’s success both on and off the ice. It takes special people to open their homes and hearts to our players and we do our best to ensure our players are placed in environments that provide care, compassion and safety. We ask that our players be treated like any other member of the family. It is important that the player respect the rules of his host family and the host family respect the rules of the Stampeders hockey club. Billet families are responsible for, but not limited to, providing the following basics: – healthy meals and snacks – private bedroom – access to laundry facilities – internet and telephone access Billet families will receive the following as compensation: – $300/month per player – invitations to exclusive events One of our billet families is local resident Rhonda Mills. She has served as a billet for seven years. She is also the Billet Coordinator again for this year’s Swan Valley Stampeders. Her reasons are that she knows personally the important role a billet plays in the lives of a player who moves to another community to play hockey. She has well over 40 different players in her home since she started billeting and has developed a bond that continues today with many of them. The Stampeders could not operate without the support of so many great billet families in our community! If you would like to invite a Stampeder player into your home or would like more information, contact Rhonda @ 204 734 8162 or email: svstampeders@gmail,com.
