{"id":690626,"date":"2026-05-24T13:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690626\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:09:08","slug":"raffle-lets-fans-rally-around-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/690626\/","title":{"rendered":"Raffle lets fans rally around Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Kitchener Rangers compete for the Memorial Cup in Kelowna, a hockey night tradition continues back home in Kitchener. Rangers Reach has launched a Memorial Cup 50\/50 raffle to let fans share in the excitement back home. And while winning a big jackpot is exciting for anyone, Olivia Manes, Operations Co-ordinator with Rangers Reach, reminds us that the money raised through the raffle helps a number of community initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these proceeds help us fund our ongoing community investments across the region,\u201d Manes says. \u201cSo, that\u2019s things such as major funding commitments, one-time grants, player-led initiatives, as well as community scholarships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The raffle launched on Friday and will remain open until the grand prize draw on Sunday, May 31st\u00a0at 10:00 p.m. Tickets can be bought online from anywhere in Ontario at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rangers5050.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.rangers5050.com<\/a>\u00a0or by texting \u2018WIN\u2019 to 95050.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers play their second game of the Memorial Cup tournament on Monday night, May 25th, versus the Western Hockey League champion Everett Silvertips. Pregame coverage begins at 8:30 EDT on 570 NewsRadio.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Kitchener as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=kitchener.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778322800_456_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Kitchener Rangers compete for the Memorial Cup in Kelowna, a hockey night tradition continues back home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-690626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690626","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=690626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}