JOEL Nagtegaal likes to get people’s goats – and give them away to other people. In spring 2009, he and his roller hockey buddies decided to raise funds to donate a goat to a needy family in Africa for every playoff game won by the Vancouver Canucks. The hockey team won only six games; but the ‘Goat Canucks Goat’ campaign, supported by a website, raised enough money for 1,073 goats.

Now Nagtegaal, a university student from Langley, has launched a new effort called Goat for Gold. This time, he and his brother Danny are raising money to donate a goat for every gold medal Canada wins at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. The goats will be distributed through the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee.

Contact: goatforgold.com.

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February 2010