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History of Fann Cup
Learn how Fann Cup got its start, became an annual event, and peruse through the location, charities, and money raised for each year since Fann Cup's existence.
Scroll down to begin your trip down Fann Cup memory lane...
First Fann Cup
It all started after a pickup lacrosse game in Toronto … over a few pints, a group of Toronto Rock fans decided it would be a good idea to challenge the fans of the Rochester Knighthawks to a friendly game of lacrosse. In a few short weeks, the inaugural FANN Cup was played.
See the initial challenge/exchange below:
Spoiler alert - it happened & has been happening ever since.
Read below for a summary of each year's event.
A Walk Down Fann Cup Memory Lane
August 26, 2002
Host: Toronto
Charities: Sick Children's Hospital & Todd Bernhardt
Scholarship Fund
Donation: $600 CAD, $600 USD
July 12, 2004
Host: Rochester
Charities: BRIDGE Program
Donation: $1000 USD
August 5, 2006
Host: Philadelphia
Charities: Alex's Lemonade Stand & The Melanoma Research
Foundation
Donation: $12000 USD
July 12, 2003
Host: Buffalo
Charities: American Heart Association
Donation: $1000 USD
July 16, 2005
Host: Toronto
Charities: Les's Fund Initiative & Casey Zaph Fund
Donation: $9000 CAD
July 28, 2007
Host: Buffalo
Charities: Carly's Club
Donation: $5000 USD
July 26, 2008
Host: Rochester
Charities: Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association & ROC E6
Donation: $2000 USD
July 24, 2010
Host: Philadelphia
Charities: Laurel House
Donation: $15169 USD
July 28, 2012
Host: Minnesota
Charities: PAWPads & Lax-4-Life Camp
Donation: $3650 USD
July 25, 2009
Host: Chicago
Charities: American Diabetes Association & Multiple Myeloma
Research Foundation
Donation: $4440 USD
July 23, 2011
Host: Toronto
Charities: Abilities Centre, The War Amps Playsafe program
& Wellspring Odette House
Donation: $4147 CAD
July 13, 2013
Host: Rochester
Charities: TK9, The Jeff Miller Children's Education Fund &
Toronto Cause match
Donation: $3194.35 USD
July 26, 2014
Host: Chicago
Charities: Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Gateway for a
Cure & Accessible Lacrosse Initiative between the
Chicago Outlaws and Great Lakes Adaptive Sports
Association
Donation: $10276 USD
July 9, 2016
Host: Toronto
Charities: Smilezone & Oakville Minor Lacrosse Assocation
Donation: $11500 CAD
July 28, 2018
Host: Philadelphia
Charities: Philadelphia Animal Society (PAWS), Central High
School Lacrosse & Frank Bonner Fund
Donation: $ 9700 USD
July 25, 2015
Host: Syracuse
Charities: ? & Frank Menschner Memorial
Donation: $5,930.73 USD
July 15, 2017
Host: Buffalo
Charities: Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Dog Tags New
York & WNY Lacrosse Foundation
Donation: $ 14000 USD
July 20, 2019
Host: Minnesota
Charities: Twin Cities Native Lacrosse & Simon Says Give
Donation: $2000 USD
2020 - CANCELED
Host: Covid
Charities: None
Donation: NA
2021 - CANCELED
Host: Covid
Charities: None
Donation: NA
July 30, 2022
Host: Rochester
Charities: ROC E6
Donation: $4427 USD
July 22, 2023
Host: Toronto
Charities: Smilezone, Turtle Island Lacrosse & Oakville Minor
Lacrosse Association
Donation: $11106 CAD
July 20, 2024
Host: Philadelphia
Charities: Wings Charities & Leveling the Playing Field Philly
Donation: $ 7,683 USD & 761 pieces of equipment