One of Canada’s most decorated young curling athletes appears on the cover of the 2025 Curling Cares Fundraising Calendar.
Karlee Burgess, the two-time Canadian women’s finalist who also won five world junior championship medals—three of them gold—is one of 18 athletes in the 2025 edition.
The curlers have selected their own causes to support, and 10 different charities will benefit from the project which has raised over $850,000 since 2014.
The calendar is now on pre-sale at the website curlingcares.com.
“I’m pictured in a provincial park about 25 minutes from my home in Truro,” said Burgess, who competes with Team Chelsea Carey (formerly Jennifer Jones) out of Winnipeg.
“I thought with everything coming to Nova Scotia, including the Olympic Trials next year, it would be fitting to do a home province photo.”
Burgess selected the Movement Centre of Manitoba as her cause, following the sudden death of a friend who suffered from cerebral palsy.
“I’m very grateful to be in the calendar this year, since one of my best friends passed in July,” said Burgess.
“Her parents felt the Movement Centre was where Amelia, Amy, would want the support to go.”
One of the calendar images shows Burgess assisting Amy on the ice with wheelchair curling.

The 2025 edition also includes two full fours teams—skipped by Danielle Inglis and Hollie Duncan—as well as Japan’s Tori Koana, who competes in mixed doubles.
Other first-time athlete models now joining the ranks of Curling Cares alumni include Dezaray Hawes, Selena Njegovan and Jayden King.
Ottawa’s Jamie Sinclair, who captured U.S. titles and now competes out of Quebec, returns for a second appearance.
Two-time cover girl Eve Muirhead, the retired Olympic champion from Scotland, appears for an unprecedented fourth time since 2012.
Alberta’s Brad Thiessen also returns for his second appearance. The Brier champion and four-time finalist is showcased in the midst of an impressive physical transformation.
“It was a bit awkward with my shirt off and people walking by, but we had some good laughs about it,” said Thiessen, who is raising funds for Edmonton’s Food Bank.
“Outside the rink, there’s always something new to learn and enjoy. My competitive drive hasn’t gone anywhere, it’s just shifted more towards building muscle and strength.”
The 2025 Curling Cares Fundraising Calendar is printed on high-quality glossy stock and will begin shipping in mid-October.
In addition to online sales, the participating athletes are also selling copies in person.
The athlete price is discounted, and in-person sales also direct additional funds to each athlete’s specified charitable cause.
The Curling Cares calendar project is steered by The Community Fundraiser, based in Kitchener, Ont. and has raised funds for more than 75 causes in 10 countries around the world.
Project partners include the Junior Grand Slam of Curling and Future Rockstars, the Sandra Schmirler Foundation and Curling Canada’s For the Love of Curling scholarship program.