Celebrating Kurling for Kids double Gold Anthem Award wins
Updated December 22, 2025
We're celebrating a big win with our long-time partner, Kurling for Kids. The entirely volunteer-run charity just swept up double Gold at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards.
K4K hosts curling tournaments annually across Canada to raise funds that go directly to children's hospitals. They've raised over $6 million to date, with more than $361,000 already this season.
We teamed up with Kurling for Kids to design and develop their award-winning digital presence, also powered by raisin Software, that powers the tournament participation and fundraising K4K's supporters do for children's hospitals across the country.
In curling, you need the right stones, the right team and the right strategy.
Kurling for Kids brought all three to their new website, and we’re excited to share that they swept to two Gold Anthem Awards in the Health category: one for Donor & Volunteer Engagement and another for Event (Fundraising & Resource Development).
The Anthem Awards recognize organizations making meaningful social impact and are selected by selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Past winners including Sabrina Carpenter, the ACLU, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and World Central Kitchen.
This year, Kurling for Kids was among over 2,000 submissions from 42 countries.
About Kurling for Kids
To date, K4K has raised over $6 million for eight children’s hospitals across the country. This year alone, they’ve brought in more than $361,000 and are already past the halfway mark toward their $600,000 seasonal goal.
K4K hosts annual curling bonspiels across Canada to raise funds for children’s hospitals. What makes them remarkable is that they’re entirely volunteer-run. Every dollar raised goes directly to supporting sick children and their families.
“We are grateful for the recognition from the Anthem Awards among organizations making a positive impact, which reflects the dedication of our volunteers and supporters who help us improve the lives of sick children and their families,” said David Dienesch, Director of Sponsorships and Corporate Events at K4K.
K4K’s Web Experience
Our team worked with K4K to design and develop their national event platform, powered by raisin Software. The goal was to create a digital experience that could support their growth across Canada while making it easy for volunteers to organize events, participants to fundraise, and donors to give.
The platform needed to handle everything from event registration to peer-to-peer fundraising to raffle ticket purchases, while staying true to K4K’s community-driven spirit. We focused on creating seamless experiences that help supporters connect with the cause, take action – be it signing up for a tournament, making a donation, or rallying their network to fundraise – and celebrate progress with dynamic, real-time thermometers. As a Canadian organization based out of Montreal, the entire experience is also entirely bilingual in French and English.
With more than 100 annual volunteers and up to 1,000 participants in peak years, K4K has built something special. The new platform gives them a foundation to keep growing that impact.
We’re proud to have partnered with K4K on this work, and we’re especially proud to see them hit the button with this recognition for the difference they’re making for kids across Canada.
Congratulations to the entire Kurling for Kids team on the win!
Read more about the awards: anthemawards.com
See the award-winning platform: kurlingforkids.org