Who We Are

From cheering for our favourite drivers at the Calgary Stampede to hosting one of the cities most successful charity golf tournaments, The Country Hills Golf Club Charity Classic, the Big Hearted Mavericks are all about “having fun and making a difference”.

Since purchasing our first chuckwagon tarp at the 1999 Calgary Stampede the Big Hearted Mavericks have been built on the foundation of fun and friendship, focusing on the common goal of making a difference in the community in which we live.

Founded as a not for profit society in 2000 under the name the Mavericks Chuckwagon Society, a group of 25 like- minded local businessmen have been dedicated to two objectives: actively engage in Children’s Charity Fundraising and having fun supporting the great sport of Chuckwagon Racing.

All Big Hearted Mavericks participate and volunteer their time to assist in the raising of funds to actively support Calgary and area children-focused not-for-profit agencies and individual needs. To date, the Big Hearted Mavericks have raised over $4 million towards children’s charities in the Calgary area.

Our organization has 2 active Executives one being the Society which runs our operations (Barns, communication, finance) and our Foundation which works with our selected Charities. All 25 members are actively involved in both areas and operate under the following mandates;

All chuckwagon operating costs are funded by Maverick member fees ONLY and the sale of barn nights.
All funds raised from dedicated charity fund raising events must be used ONLY for Charity.

In 2011 the Mavericks established the Big Hearted Mavericks Foundation, a registered charitable foundation. All funds raised by the group is transferred to and donated from the foundation.

Fun, Friendship and Making a difference. This is what it means to be a Big Hearted Maverick.

The Big Hearted Mavericks main funding principles are as follows:

Principle One

All funds raised from dedicated charity fund raising events (i.e. The Country Hills Golf Club Charity Classic, Hitmen Western Night) must be used ONLY for Charity.

Principle Two

All chuckwagon operating costs are funded by Maverick member fees ONLY and the sale of barn nights. Excess funding in operating maybe transferred to charity by vote at membership meeting.

Principle Three

All charity funds raised by the Mavericks will be transferred to and donated through the Big Hearted Mavericks Foundation.

For more information on our impact, please download our most recent financial report.

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The Big Hearted Mavericks:

Andrew Tallas - Quadra Chemicals

Brent Hansen - Balon Valves

Dan Forigo - Radium Technologies

Darren Exner - X-TREME Packaging Services Inc.

David Ruby - Ruby Rock Asphalt Works LTD

David Udy - WealthCo Group of Companies

Dean Smith - BARON OILFIELD SUPPLY

Derek Boniecki - Quadrant CPAs

Feisal Somji - Sio Silica

Glenn Smaha - Davis Chevrolet GMC Buick

John Nash - Canadian Energy Services

Ken Malvin - KMC Sales

Kip Reghenas - Reghenas Consulting Ltd.

Michael Seens - Trail Appliances

Mike Dreger - Century 21 Bamber Realty

Monte Scott - Foremost Energy

Peter-John Woolf - Broadview Homes

R. J. Carron - Fluid Imports Inc.

Rod Phillips - PTW Energy Services

Shayne Butcher - Solartility Inc.

Stewart MacPherson - DXP Canada

Tim Arnett - FRP/Mocoat Fiberglass Ltd.

Tony DiStefano - Rolling Mix Concrete LLP

Trevor J. Tomanik - Tomanik Enterprises Inc.

Trevor Johnstone - Johnstone Ritchie Executive Search

Alumni

Alan Archibald

Alvin Koch - Sundance Plumbing Gas & Heating Ltd

Craig Hruska - Enercapita Energy

Dale Hansen - Cobar Consulting Ltd.

Jan Beringer

John Morris - Olympian, RockyView Firefighter

Ken Moen - Gallery 421

Marty Collins - Martin B. Collins Consulting

Ron Scott