{"id":651661,"date":"2026-05-06T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/651661\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:06:21","slug":"cfl-member-clubs-donate-over-4-6-million-to-amateur-football-programs-across-canada-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/651661\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL, member clubs donate over $4.6 million to amateur football programs across Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 The CFL and its nine member clubs donated over $4.6 million to amateur football programming last season.<\/p>\n<p>The league said Tuesday its players, coaches, mascots and team personnel spent 9,131 hours in their respective community events. And in addition to the $4.6 million in donations, 3,020 hours were spent sharing the game with youth, women and girls, Indigenous communities and more.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>A total of 728 school visits were conducted, collectively reaching 233,700 youth throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Football has the power to shape character, create belonging and open doors for young people,&#8221; CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston said in a release. &#8220;The CFL and our clubs are proud to deepen our support for community programs and to strengthen the path from amateur football to high performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are committed to ensuring every young athlete in Canada has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive through football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CFL training camps are scheduled to open Sunday, with the &#8217;26 regular season kicking off June 4.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 The CFL and its nine member clubs donated over $4.6 million to amateur football programming last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[241934,49,48,521,522,520,947,93608,241936,82,241935,944],"class_list":["post-651661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-amateur-football","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-cfl-commissioner","tag-indigenous-communities","tag-member-clubs","tag-sports","tag-team-personnel","tag-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}