Billet
BILLET INFORMATION
Welcome to the Richmond Hill Rampage Billeting Family Information
As we look forward to our inaugural 2024- 2025 season, the team will welcome up to twenty-five players from across Canada, the United States and abroad to the City of Richmond Hill. These players are between 16 and 20 years old. Their stay in our city will last from late August to mid-March, depending on the playoffs. When these young people join the Richmond Hill Rampage hockey team, they don’t live alone, they need accommodation. This is where the billet family becomes very important as each player is placed in a house within the local community.
What is Billeting?
Billeting is when a local family welcomes a visiting player into their home. The family that offers to help provide a safe place for the visiting player is called a foster family. Why Billet? Billeting can be a very exciting and rewarding experience for anyone who wants to open their homes to dedicated players. Many families who have stayed in the past usually look back at their experience with fond memories. In fact, many families stay in touch with the players they had hosted in the past as the same players go through college and professional ranks.
The Rampage appreciate the support that our billet families provide to our players and demonstrate our appreciation in the following ways:
Season tickets for all home games, including the playoffs;
Monthly compensation is $ 700.00 per month
A wonderful experience with many great memories for those who will extend their families to include a dedicated young man while playing junior hockey.
Are you interested in becoming a Billet?
Please contact us for more information.
Or
For Host Families
As a Host Family your role is…..
To be a mentor, friend, counselor, and a good role model.
To provide a clean, family-oriented environment.
To provide nutritious meals and snacks.
To provide a private bedroom.
To listen and give encouragement.
To support and build up their self-esteem.
To treat the player as “one of the family”.
To provide transportation if and when needed.
To provide a Non-Smoking Household.
Ensure that underage players are not given access to alcoholic beverages
Ensure the Host Family Emergency Contact Card (Appendix 3) is completed and if the player has medical emergency, billets are asked to take appropriate steps – i.e. go to hospital /call emergency services – first then contact team
You also have a responsibility to .....
Report to the team Billet Coordinator at minimum on a monthly basis or as required by the team/league.
Be familiar with team game and practice schedules and other events requiring player attendance.
Be fully knowledgeable of team guidelines and expectations governing conduct, educational standards and curfews.
Provide 3 balanced meals a day. The player must bear some responsibility for snacks, etc. The Billet Family will not be responsible for providing "athletic supplements", "protein powders", "specialized training diets", etc.
Ensure that if you cannot provide players with their own room and in the event a player has to share a room, it will be with another team-mate and not any other household member.
Enforce strict curfews established by the team/league and report any player that breaks curfew.
Ensure that players do not leave the town or city without permission from both the Billet Coordinator and the player’s parents unless on a team function.
Ensure players attend all classes, either high school or university, including after away games. All players must notify the team representative if they will be late or absent. Players should give billets a timetable of their classes.
Ensure that players who are not in school find a part time job. Note they also may be required to attend other team functions during school days.
Report any incidents involving player safety, security or well-being to the Billet Coordinator immediately.
Report any concerns you have with the player to the Billet Coordinator.
Report any positive input to the Billet Coordinator. (eg. player helped with their son's hockey practice, etc.)
For Players
Players must keep in mind that it is not a right to live at a billet’s home but a privilege. Always project a positive image of yourself and your team.
Players must show gratitude and be helpful at all times.
Players should keep their areas clean and clean up after themselves.
Players should have their own spending money for day-to-day expenses.
Players are responsible for their schooling.
Players are expected to look for a job when not attending school.
Players must notify the billet family regarding their whereabouts. Note that if leaving town players should complete the information form in appendix 5.
All players are to respect the mealtimes established by the billet family and be present and on time. Players should inform their billet families if they will not be home or on time for dinner. Players are expected to help out the billet families in the kitchen by assisting with meal preparation or meal clean up.
Players are expected to follow all curfews and to advise their billet family if they will be out late.
Sleepovers with partners are not permitted. Any overnight guest should be approved by the billeting family.
Underage players will not consume alcohol.
Billeted Players will report any issues of concern with their Billet Family to the GM, Coach or Billet Coordinator as well as to their parents.
Players will advise their Billet Families of their team practice and game schedule.
About
As a new expansion team with the GMHL in the great city of Richmond Hill for the 2024/2025 season. Our philosophy is great off ice management coupled together with a strong and talented on ice coaching staff with years of experience in Junior and professional hockey.
We are the Richmond Hill Rampage
