48%$73,368Goal: $150,000

Richmond Hill

Blue Door

142 Walkers|32 Teams|17 Volunteers|28 Days Left

The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities serving people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because it’s cold out there. Join us on February 28, 2026 - across the country, close to home!

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About Blue Door

The largest emergency housing provider in York Region, Blue Door supports people at risk of or experiencing homelessness to attain/retain affordable housing.

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People facing homelessness come from a variety of backgrounds and face challenging life circumstances including job loss, eviction, mental illnesses, and much more.

To meet the unique needs of those most vulnerable, Blue Door offers emergency housing, supportive housing, job training with Construct, and winter refuge through Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold.

Your support is vital in saving the lives of youth, adults, and families in your community. We invite you to join us on Saturday, February 28th, 2026 for the Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk to help us raise vital support for those most vulnerable right here in our community. Register Today!

Richmond Hill Scoreboard

Are you thrashing the competition (for a good cause)? Find out here! Stats are updated every 15 minutes. See how you stack up on the national scoreboard >

Teams

Walkers

#	Team Name	Captain	Members	Raised
1	YRP x Blue Door	Emmy Kelly	25	17,343.97
2	Blue Door Champs	Debbie Schatia	6	5,400.00
3	AORRH Women Liberals	Marta Ecsedi	8	2,960.00
4	RD Walk & Rollers	Jessica Auerbach	12	2,656.00
5	The Bridge Markham Community Church	Francesca Di Stefano	4	2,150.00
6	Holy Trinity Church	Miriam Irving	2	1,610.00
7	TEAM EG	Terry Foster	3	1,500.00
8	In Every Step	Tamara Haberman	1	1,212.00
9	David West Community Volunteers	Michelle Deaust	4	825.00
10	RBCDS Richmond Hill Frost Fighters	Claudine Finch	3	750.00
11	Shared.Abundance	Sheri-Anne Harrison	1	550.00
12	York Region Children's Aid Society	Blaze Fawns	12	502.00
13	Team Sone	Jayson Sone	1	500.00
14	Seneca Child and Youth Care	David Connolly	14	475.00
15	Construt That Stuff	Jarrod Armer	11	435.00
16	Walking With A Mission	Lorraine McBride	2	350.00
17	Alectra Cityview	Gerry Reesor	6	200.00
18	Cool Kids	Ninah Lucila	3	125.00
19	The Lauremont TITANS	Valarie Eloise Yip	1	100.00
20	Community Legal Clinic of York Region	Cindy L	1	100.00
21	YOLO education	Seonghyuk Noh	13
22	Koinonia	Nikki Jones	1
23	Vaughan Community Church	Matthew Chung	1
24	HeyHeyUU	Hazel Wu	1
25	Liveable Richmond Hill	Priya Unnikrishnan	1
26	JFC Hiking	Simon Cui	1
27	Richmond Hill Professional Fire Fighters	Brett Short	1
28	Ebenezer Rocks!	Jane Smyth	1
29	Toronto Marriott Markham	Ellen Jung	2
30	11th Toronto Group	Preston Lui	1
31	RHCCC	Nikki Jones	1

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Emmy Kelly	YRP x Blue Door	17	7,550.00
2	Debbie Schatia	Blue Door Champs	31	4,400.00
3	Alex Cheng	YRP x Blue Door	3	2,100.00
4	antonio resendes	The Bridge Markham Community Church	15	2,100.00
5	Tamara Haberman	In Every Step	13	1,212.00
6	Anne Thomson	Holy Trinity Church	26	1,210.00
7	Luis Flores	YRP x Blue Door	5	1,013.97
8	Leah Taylor Roy	AORRH Women Liberals	8	950.00
9	Amanda Palermo	YRP x Blue Door	13	800.00
10	Gayle Warnock	AORRH Women Liberals	6	565.00
11	Liat Goodman	RD Walk & Rollers	10	561.00
12	Sheri-Anne Harrison	Shared.Abundance	6	550.00
13	Karen Al Massaad	YRP x Blue Door	8	545.00
14	Jessica Auerbach	RD Walk & Rollers	8	525.00
15	Olivia Scanga	RD Walk & Rollers	7	500.00
16	David West	David West Community Volunteers	1	500.00
17	Michael Scarano	Blue Door Champs	1	500.00
18	Terry Foster	TEAM EG	1	500.00
19	Jayson Sone	Team Sone	7	500.00
20	Bri Flemmings	RD Walk & Rollers	6	360.00
21	Miriam Irving	Holy Trinity Church	1	300.00
22	Rachael Sedman	RD Walk & Rollers	4	280.00
23	Marta Ecsedi	AORRH Women Liberals	6	270.00
24	Emma Wood	Construt That Stuff	1	250.00
25	Natalia Kasner	Seneca Child and Youth Care	4	250.00
26	Lorraine McBride	Walking With A Mission	1	250.00
27	Jacob Finch	RBCDS Richmond Hill Frost Fighters	1	250.00
28	Claudine Finch	RBCDS Richmond Hill Frost Fighters	1	250.00
29	Lisa Purcell	RBCDS Richmond Hill Frost Fighters	1	250.00
30	Maryam Afshar		5	215.00
31	Colby Clarke	RD Walk & Rollers	3	210.00
32	Nabil Shaukat	YRP x Blue Door	7	175.00
33	Julia Bee	Seneca Child and Youth Care	1	150.00
34	Alyssa Gallant	York Region Children's Aid Society	2	150.00
35	Gerry Reesor	Alectra Cityview	2	150.00
36	Ninah Lucila	Cool Kids	3	125.00
37	Chirag Bhatt	YRP x Blue Door	1	100.00
38	Blaze Fawns	York Region Children's Aid Society	1	100.00
39	Valarie Eloise Yip	The Lauremont TITANS	1	100.00
40	Michele Bussieres	AORRH Women Liberals	1	100.00
41	TPC Sunday School	Walking With A Mission	1	100.00
42	Alison Moonsie-Mohan	York Region Children's Aid Society	3	95.00
43	Anne Grydziuszko	RD Walk & Rollers	2	85.00
44	Paula Liness	David West Community Volunteers	2	75.00
45	Jenn Dyment	Seneca Child and Youth Care	1	75.00
46	Aaraf Ahmed	RD Walk & Rollers	2	60.00
47	Francesca Di Stefano	The Bridge Markham Community Church	1	50.00
48	Michelle Deaust	David West Community Volunteers	1	50.00
49	Hasan-Ali Abidi	RD Walk & Rollers	2	50.00
50	Alison Coutinho	York Region Children's Aid Society	1	50.00
51	Frank Varao	Alectra Cityview	1	50.00
52	Solomon Fadele	York Region Children's Aid Society	1	30.00
53	Mayowa Akindele	York Region Children's Aid Society	2	27.00
54	Brianna Robinson	RD Walk & Rollers	1	25.00
55	Jacqueline Davis	York Region Children's Aid Society	1	25.00
56	Nathan Vaz	York Region Children's Aid Society	1	25.00
57	Carter McFarlane	YRP x Blue Door	1	20.00
58	Nicole Kelly	YRP x Blue Door	1	20.00
59	Michelle Kelly	YRP x Blue Door	1	20.00
60	Wesley Chee	Construt That Stuff	1	20.00
61	Jessica Rocha	Construt That Stuff	1	10.00
62	Sasha Wedderburn	Construt That Stuff	1	10.00
63	Jourdon Ormshaw	Construt That Stuff	1	10.00
64	Kate Kocjancic	Construt That Stuff	1	10.00
65	Jarrod Armer	Construt That Stuff	1	10.00
66	jeongwoo seok	YOLO education
67	jieun seok	YOLO education
68	Christopher Achkar	Blue Door Champs
69	Derek Kelly	YRP x Blue Door
70	seungbi ha	YOLO education
71	David Connolly	Seneca Child and Youth Care
72	Brett Short	Richmond Hill Professional Fire Fighters
73	sangyun kim	YOLO education
74	yiso kim	YOLO education
75	yejin park	YOLO education
76	yoojun lim	YOLO education
77	seungki lee	YOLO education
78	Kevin Cook	YRP x Blue Door
79	Samantha Varao	Alectra Cityview
80	Amanda Thomassian	YRP x Blue Door
81	Laurie Amyot	YRP x Blue Door
82	Dominique Mercier-Cox	YRP x Blue Door
83	Amy Green	RD Walk & Rollers
84	Ian Lomas	RD Walk & Rollers
85	Nathaly Amezquita	YRP x Blue Door
86	Tom Muirhead	YRP x Blue Door
87	Priya Unnikrishnan	Liveable Richmond Hill
88	Derek Zhou	Alectra Cityview
89	Laura Andrews-Vieira	Seneca Child and Youth Care
90	Simon Cui	JFC Hiking
91	Preston Lui	11th Toronto Group
92	Cindy L	Community Legal Clinic of York Region
93	Hazel Wu	HeyHeyUU
94	Evalina Warrington	Alectra Cityview
95	Brad Weick	YRP x Blue Door
96	Joanne Williams	The Bridge Markham Community Church
97	Mohi Izadpoor	AORRH Women Liberals
98	Anika Mifsud	Blue Door Champs
99	Liam & Lisa Hanratty	David West Community Volunteers
100	Julie Ralph	Blue Door Champs
101	Dana R	YRP x Blue Door
102	Karla Gabriela Cadena Cruz	Seneca Child and Youth Care
103	Stephinie Eagles	YRP x Blue Door
104	Payal Bhardwaj	AORRH Women Liberals
105	Tanya Kaur	YRP x Blue Door
106	Lena Hering	Seneca Child and Youth Care
107	Monica Runstedler
108	Maria Jose Herrarte Lopez	Seneca Child and Youth Care
109	Justin Boudreau	Seneca Child and Youth Care
110	Nikki Jones	Koinonia
111	Denise Le Bel	Blue Door Champs
112	Matthew Chung	Vaughan Community Church
113	Cierra Archibald	Seneca Child and Youth Care
114	David MacDonald	YRP x Blue Door
115	Elizabeth Lloyd	YRP x Blue Door
116	Cristina Ross	TEAM EG
117	Emma Moorhouse	Toronto Marriott Markham
118	Deborah Childs	The Bridge Markham Community Church
119	Tanya Baldassarra	York Region Children's Aid Society
120	Ellen Jung	Toronto Marriott Markham
121	Sandra Sydor	TEAM EG
122	Vino Shao	Seneca Child and Youth Care
123	Jaclyn Beder	Cool Kids
124	Sherry Cheng	Alectra Cityview
125	Laura Davidson	York Region Children's Aid Society
126	Logan Beder	Cool Kids
127	Kateryna Khokhlenko	YRP x Blue Door
128	Jane Beakbane	AORRH Women Liberals
129	Nikki Jones	RHCCC
130	Naizel Tushar Halsona	Seneca Child and Youth Care
131	Seonghyuk Noh	YOLO education
132	minseo kwon	YOLO education
133	Jane Smyth	Ebenezer Rocks!
134	haeun nam	YOLO education
135	Laura Filipa Francisco	Seneca Child and Youth Care
136	jiyong lee	YOLO education
137	taeyul kim	YOLO education

Matching
Funds

Goal: Get 5 Donors

Top Challengers

Got a big-hearted business, workplace, group, church, or community? Step up and join the Challenge to compete for your local pride in support of CNOY. Check the National Challengeboard to see more!

Anglican Churches$1,610.00Community > Churches

Holy Trinity Church$1,610

RBC$750.00Corporate > Financial and Insurance

RBCDS Richmond Hill Frost Fighters$750

Alectra$200.00Corporate > Goods and Services

Alectra Cityview$200

Scouts CanadaCommunity > Recreational

11th Toronto Group$0

MarriottCorporate > Goods and Services

Toronto Marriott Markham$0

Event Day Details

Save the date - CNOY Day is February 28, 2026!

Start/Finish Google Map

8569 Bayview Ave, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3M7

Blue Door's Coldest Night of the Year - Richmond Hill Fundraising Walk starts and finishes at Lauremont School - Lower School loated at 8569 Bayview Avenue.

Schedule

4:00 pm: Meet Check-in

4:45 pm: Muster Gather for Opening Remarks

5:00 pm: Move Send-off

6:00 pm: Munch Light meal served

7:00 pm: Mosey Thank You! See you in 2027!

Not able to join us in person at the Main Event? We hope you'll register, fundraise and walk offsite with friends and family.

Route Details

Route Distances: Check out the maps below to see where we will be walking.

Rest stop: Keep an eye out for opportunities to rest and refresh with yummy snacks along the route.

Signage: Routes will be well-signed with our bold blue CNOY signs.

Route Support: Route marshals, rest stop hosts, and support vehicle drivers provide support along the route.

Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

No Pets: We love our little furballs like you do, but pets are not permitted at the Coldest Night of the Year except for approved and trained service animals. Read more about our pet policy >

Check-In

All walkers participating at the Main Event on Saturday, February 28, 2026 must check-in upon arrival.

Toques! Fundraising walkers who raise $150+ (or $75+ for those under 18) will receive a CNOY toque as a thank you on event day, while supplies last.

Offsite fundraising walkers can contact their local event director to arrange toque pickup the week of the event.

Have questions? Visit the FAQ section!

Handling Money

Credit Card: The Best Option! Simple, secure, automatically tax receipted for gifts of $20+. Visit the Donate page, share your personal page link, or have your donor call the CNOY Head Office.

Cheques: The Old Faithful - made out to Coldest Night of the Year with your name on the Memo line. Mail them to CNOY Head Office along with your completed pledge form.

Cash: You have 2 options:

1. Login to FundHub, click “Enter $$ and Cheques,” create pledges for your cash donations, pay them off with your personal credit card, and keep the cash. OR...

2. Write a cheque (made out to “Coldest Night of the Year”) for the total amount of cash you’ve collected. Mail it to the CNOY Head Office with your completed pledge sheet.