Thanks from the Uvagut volleball team

The Pond Inlet Uvagut Women’s volleyball team would like to thank those who contributed towards our fundraising efforts, which ultimately made it possible to attend the fifth Laura Gauthier Memorial Volleyball Tournament in Rankin Inlet.

We would like to thank the following: The community of Pond Inlet, for continued support of the team; the Pond Inlet district education authority for giving us the gym when we needed the practice and for always supporting our fundraisers; Baffinland Iron Mine in Toronto; Hamlet of Pond Inlet and council; Sport Nunavut; the department of culture, language, elders and youth in Baker Lake; Logos’ N Stitches in Ottawa; the Department of Community and Government Services in Baker Lake; First Air; Nunasi Corporation; Salummaqsai of Pond Inlet; Black Point Lodge of Pond Inlet; Cedar Lodge B&B in Pond Inlet; Toonoonik Sahoonik Co-op in Pond Inlet; Arctic Cooperatives Limited in Winnipeg; the Nunavut Planning Commission in Cambridge Bay; the Qikiqtani Inuit Association in Iqaluit; Kivalliq Arctic Foods in Rankin Inlet; Fur Harvesters Auction Inc. in North Bay; Kenn Borek Air Ltd in Resolute Bay; Metro Pelletier in Val-d’or; Jim Kocsis in Pond Inlet; Polar Sea Adventures in Pond Inlet; Inuit Art Foundation in Ottawa; and the community of Rankin Inlet for both hosting the tournament and the hospitality we received.

Finally a big thank you from the Uvagut team: Terri-Lynn Chiblow, Janet Krimmerdjuar, Eleanore Arreak, Joni Kyak, Tracy Kyak, Rosanna Arnakallak, Jane Flaherty-Lambe, Leslie Qammaniq, Jennifer Kautainuk and our coach David Lawson.

Leslie Qammaniq
Pond Inlet