At Kississing Lake Lodge, we believe in using the gifts we’ve been given to make a difference. Since 2020, our Cast It Forward initiative has been a meaningful way for us to give back—touching lives, fostering connections, and spreading joy to people from all walks of life.
Each year, we’ve invited you to help us share the magic of Kississing Lodge by nominating someone deserving of an unforgettable fishing adventure. From honoring difference makers to welcoming newcomers to North America or helping families reconnect, the stories we’ve received have been humbling, heartwarming, and inspiring.
But more than that, Cast It Forward is about encouraging all of us to give back—whether in small ways or big. By sharing what we have, we can inspire others to do the same and make the world a little brighter.
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.Mother Teresa
Mentors Who Make a Difference
For 2024, we’re turning the spotlight on the unsung heroes of our lives: mentors—those incredible people who guide us, encourage us, and selflessly pour into our lives without expecting anything in return.
Mentors have the power to change lives, offering their time, wisdom, and support to help us grow, thrive, and reach new heights. Whether it’s career advice, relationship guidance, or simply being a steadfast presence during life’s challenges, mentors make an impact that lasts a lifetime.
This year, we’re inviting you to nominate a mentor who has been a guiding light in your life. Whether it’s someone who’s supported your personal journey, helped shape your career, or strengthened your faith, we want to help you say “thank you” in a meaningful way.
Let’s work together to celebrate the incredible mentors who make this world a better place. By Casting it Forward, we can inspire gratitude, connection, and giving in ways that ripple far beyond this moment.
What’s the Prize?
We’ll be selecting two deserving mentors to receive a 4-Day/4-Night fishing trip for two people to Kississing Lake Lodge. It’s the perfect opportunity for them to experience the beauty, peace, and thrill of a Canadian fishing adventure.
HOW TO MAKE A NOMINATION
To nominate your mentor, send us an email at info@kississinglodge.com with the subject line: ‘Cast It Forward Nomination ’.
Please include:
Your name and the name of your nominee.
How your mentor has impacted your life and why they should be chosen.
A phone number where we can reach you and one of their family members or friends as a reference.
We will also be accepting video submissions, for those who would rather submit a video (three minutes or less). Send us a link in an email along with all the other requirements listed above.
The nomination deadline for our Cast It Forward initiative is Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The recipients will be announced on Monday, December 23, 2024.
Honouring a Mentor, Building a Future: Join Us in Giving Back
This year’s Cast it Forward campaign carries a special addition. In honor of Curt’s mentor, Leon Fontaine, we’re inviting you to join us in supporting a project that is close to our hearts.
Before his passing, Leon asked Curt to continue the support of the community and his family as they carried on with the vision he started.
Part of that vision was the expansion of Springs Christian Academy – a project aimed at providing more families with access to education that prioritizes faith, values, and community. This new facility will house over 700 students and will also serve as a hub for youth programs, community support groups, and more – ensuring that its impact extends far beyond the classroom.
As a family, we’ve chosen to honor Leon’s legacy by supporting this cause – and in true Cast it Forward fashion, Curt has committed to personally matching every dollar contributed by the Kississing community to this project. If this resonates with you, we’d love for you to partner with us in giving back – not just to our mentor but the next generation of students and families.
If you would like to partner with us in supporting this cause, please email us at info@kississinglodge.com with the subject line: I’d like to support the new school project, and we’ll provide you with details on how to give, tax receipts, and more.
Thank you for allowing us to share this personal part of our journey with you.
For more information on Spring’s “Build the Future” Campaign, including why this project is needed, the vision, personal family stories and detailed building renderings, you can visit the campaign’s website below.
Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. (the “Sponsor”)
2024 Cast It Forward Nomination Contest (the “Contest”)
Official Contest Rules & Regulations
By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees to be bound by these rules:
How to Enter: No purchase necessary. Eligible entrants may enter via email to info@kississinglodge.com. To enter, entrants must include all required elements in their nomination as outlined in the “How to Make a Nomination” section of the Cast It Forward page on the Kississing Lake Lodge website – full name (the Nominator); complete address, telephone number, and e-mail address. The entry form must include telling a story about your mentor (the Nominee), how your mentor has impacted your life, and why your mentor should be chosen to receive one of the two trips for two people to Kississing Lake Lodge. (The story should be a minimum of 250 words and no longer than 1,200 words.) Alternatively, a maximum 3-minute video nomination may be sent in – please send a public link in an email along with your full name (the Nominator); the name of your mentor (the Nominee), complete address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Nominator must agree to the Official Rules to count as an official entry. Limit of one entry per person or email address. All entries must be received and recorded between 12:01 a.m. Central Time (CST) on December 3, 2024 and 11:59 p.m. (CST) December 17, 2024. (the “Promotion Period”) to be eligible. Limit one entry per person. Multiple entries per person or email address are prohibited and will void all submissions by that Nominator. Entrants may submit a contest entry by mail to Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. (the “Sponsor”), c/o Cast It Forward Nomination Contest, 1-289 PTH 12N, Steinbach, MB R5G 1T8, Canada.
Prizes: The two top judged entries will each receive one 4-day/4-night trip for two people to Kississing Lake Lodge (flight from Winnipeg to the lodge included). The total approximate retail of the Contest Prize is (USA $8,900).
The winners will be announced on December 23, 2024. The recipients will be presented with a voucher from the Sponsor for one trip for two people to Kississing Lake Lodge in 2025 (valued at $8,900 USD). Prizes are non-refundable. Any costs associated with the prize are the responsibility of the winner. The Sponsor will not be liable for any possible damages or injuries that may occur as the result of the use of the Prize. To be declared the winners, the selecteds entrant will be required to sign a release, waiver of liability, and indemnity in favour of the Sponsor.
Contest Eligibility: The Kississing Lake Lodge Cast It Forward Nomination Contest is open to any person 18 years of age or older at time of entry, who is either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec), residing in Canada, on the Contest Closing Date, OR who is an American Citizen or permanent resident of the United States, residing in the United States, on the Contest Closing Date.
Persons in any of the following categories are not eligible to participate or win a prize: (a) persons who, since January 1, 2024 were or are employees, officers, directors or agents of Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd.; their affiliates; subsidiaries; or the service agencies of the above organization; (b) individuals engaged in the development of, the production or distribution of materials for, or the implementation of this Contest; or (c) employees of, persons in the immediate family of, or persons living in the same household as any person in any of the preceding categories. For the purpose of this Contest, “immediate family members” are defined as spouse, mother, father, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children, and grandchildren. Any Contest entries received from an ineligible participant will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the rules of the Contest in any way at any time, subject to state or federal law. Void in whole or in part where prohibited by law.
Contest Closing Date: The Contest is open and, to be eligible, contest entries must be received via email (to info@kississinglodge.com) between 12:01 a.m. Central Time (CST) on December 3, 2024 and 11:59 p.m. (CST) December 17, 2024 (the “Promotion Period”), at which time the Contest closes.
Selection of Winners: All eligible submissions will be judged by a qualified panel of internal judges chosen by Sponsor at the end of the contest and based on the following judging criteria:
Authentic, Inspiring, Heartfelt Story (50%)
Align with the Nomination Requirements (40%)
Grammar and Punctuation (10%)
The chance of winning depends on the number of entries received. Each winning Nominee must agree to submit a photo of themselves and their mentor and sign an agreement allowing Kississing Lake Lodge to use this photo on their website, social media sites, and email communications (where permitted by law). If the photo is not returned within (3) three days once they are notified that they are a potential winner, a new winner will be selected.
Two winners will be chosen. Should there be more than two entries having the highest score the submission with the highest "Authentic, Inspiring, Heartfelt Story" will be used as the first tie breaker. If there is still a tie, the submission with the highest "Align with the Nomination Requirements" will determine the winner. If either of the highest scored submissions do not accept the prize (or follow all rules of the offer) the next highest scored entry will be determined the potential winner until two Nominees conform to all of the rules required.
Award of prizes and confirmation of winners is contingent upon potential winner’s qualifications and compliance with these Complete Official Rules. The potential winners will be notified by email and telephone. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and contact another submission winner if: (a) a potential winner does not respond within three (3) days of being notified; (b) a prize notification is returned as undeliverable or is not responded to; (c) a potential winner fails to provide Sponsor with photo, satisfactory proof of age, identity, residency or eligibility; (d) potential winner declines acceptance of the prize; (e) if in Sponsor’s determination a potential winner has not complied with these Complete Official Rules.
Odds of Winning: Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible participants who enter the Contest, and the number of Contest Entries submitted during the Contest Period.
Release and Waiver: Winners will be required to complete, sign, and return a Standard Release and Acceptance Form as provided by Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd., within the time specified by Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd., and must have abided by contest rules. Failure to return the duly completed Standard Release and Acceptance Form within time stipulated or failure to abide by these rules will result in disqualification, and another entry will be selected from the remaining eligible entries in respect of such days.
Decisions Final: By entering the contest, contestants agree to be bound by these contest rules and agree that all decisions made by Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. with respect to all aspects of this contest are final and not subject to challenge. These rules may be amended at any time by Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. without notice. Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. expressly reserves the right to take any steps it deems necessary in its absolute discretion, including the limiting of entries and the exclusion of contestants, in order to ensure that the contest is conducted in a fair way for all contestants and for Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd.
No Liability: Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. and its employees, agents, representatives, promotional agencies, and assignees shall not be responsible in any way for loss or damage arising from the use of or, bear any liability whatsoever in any way attributable to, the prize awarded in this contest or the entry by any contestant herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. no responsibility or liability for any risk or dangers associated with the acceptance or use of the prize awarded as part of this contest or any liability associated with or arising from online or electronic entries, and expressly disclaims liability from loss or damage to a entrant’s, or any other person’s, computer system or other hardware resulting from participating in the contest.
Entries Belong to Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd.: All entries become the property of Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. and will not be returned. Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. is not responsible for any lost, misdirected, illegible, incomplete or delayed entries.
Consent to Use of Personal Information: By entering the contest, entrants approve the use of their personal information for the purpose of administering the contest and for ongoing Sponsor promotional messaging, and, if they are awarded a prize, for promotional purposes through any medium (including but not limited to online, print, social media, TV, and radio mediums) and including in connection with any subsequent similar contest held by Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd., without payment or compensation whatsoever.
Applicable Laws: This contest is subject to all applicable, federal, state, provincial, and municipal laws and regulations and any dispute relating hereto will be determined by a Manitoba court applying Manitoba law and the laws of Canada as applicable therein. This Contest is void where prohibited.
Cancellations, Suspensions, and Modifications: Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. may, in its discretion, cancel, suspend or modify this contest, without liability to anyone whatsoever.
General Conditions: Entrants agree to be bound by terms of Contest Rules which are subject to change without notice to Contest entrants individually, and to the decisions of the Sponsor which are final and binding. By entering and completing the Contest, entrants consent to the collection, use and disclosure of their names for the purposes of administering the Contest and for ongoing Sponsor promotional communication. Acceptance of the Prize constitutes permission for the Sponsor to use such winner’s name, city and province/state of residence, photo and likeness for advertising and promotional purposes in any and all media now or hereafter known throughout the world in perpetuity without compensation, notification or further permission. By entering the Contest, each entrant releases the Sponsor, and each of their respective affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries or related companies, and each of all such companies’ directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents (collectively referred to in these rules as “Releasees”), from any damage, loss, cost or liability suffered as a result of or arising from the entrant’s participation in the Contest or the claiming and/or use of the Prize.
No Liability: The Releasee disclaims any liability whatsoever relating to, and none of them shall in any way be responsible for, any lost, misdirected, incomplete, illegible or delayed entries, any computer, internet or other similar outages; for delayed or lost transmissions or site shutdowns, or other similar or equivalent events that may occur. The Releasees are also not responsible for any technical, computer or human error which may occur in the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize, or the contacting of the selected entrant and the Sponsor shall be entitled to rely solely upon the winner’s declaration as to eligibility in awarding the Prize to such winner, without any review or investigation whatsoever being required on its part or on the part of any of the Releasee to the end of confirming the completeness, truth or accuracy of the declarations made therein.
Sponsor: This promotion is sponsored by Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. (the “Sponsor”), c/o Cast It Forward Nomination Contest, 1-289 PTH 12N, Steinbach, MB R5G 1T8, Canada. A copy of these Contest Rules is available upon request or online at https://kississinglodge.com/cast-it-forward/.
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.
