

2026 EVENT INFO
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2026
HALIFAX CONVENTION CENTRE
BUSINESS ATTIRE
TABLES OF 10: $3,350+HST
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: $335+HST
For Premium Corporate Tables and Partnership Opportunities, please contact Cory Sanford
Carrying on a 53 year tradition, the Sports Charity Dinner is held in Halifax each year. The event raises funds in support of Canadian Progress Club - Halifax charities, including Special Olympics, Club Inclusion and the King’s Meadow Home in Windsor, Nova Scotia.
On Thursday April 16, 2026, the Canadian Progress Club - Halifax will host the 53rd Annual Sports Charity Dinner in Halifax, Nova Scotia. On this night we will proudly continue the tradition of providing our patrons with an evening of entertainment unlike any other.
TITLE PARTNER

ORDER OF EVENTS
VIP RECEPTION (INVITE ONLY)
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
GENERAL RECEPTION
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
BUSINESS ATTIRE REQUESTED
MEDIA PARTNERS


YOUR HOST
ROD BLACK

He is “The Man for All Seasons”. Name the sport and Rod Black has more than likely called the game. Black has done it all. From NHL hockey to the NBA, Major League Baseball to the NFL and CFL, PGA & LPGA golf, World Championship boxing, ATP and WTA tennis, international figure skating, Indy Car and Formula One auto racing, the Masters, the Kentucky Derby, World Cup Soccer, speedskating, cycling, Canadian & USA college sports and of course both the Summer and Winter Olympics where Black not only hosted prime time shows in 1992 and1994 but also called several historic gold medals in 2010 and 2012.
A consummate professional who displays passion and excitement in all that he does, Black is a nine time Canadian Screen Award & Gemini nominee. In 2005, Rod received the Sports Media Canada award for Most Outstanding Broadcaster.
When asked what his favorite moment has been in his acclaimed career, Rod pauses and says, “The next one. Truly, I absolutely love every memory, but I also wake up every day knowing that there are new great memories to discover. That is what sport teaches us. To enjoy the moments and create new ones. Learn all the lessons from these games – good and bad - and hopefully adapt them into our day to day lives. Nothing can do that like sport.”






































