Hockey's holy grail will make a brief stop at a local Catholic school next week, thanks to a Yukon Special Olympics fund-raiser.

The lucky school is Holy Family, which was the big winner of the first-ever Stanley Cup Challenge. Holy Family raised $7,589.06, over a 30 day period , and will hold a special assembly Monday morning to showoff its grand prize.

Six schools took part in the Stanley Cup Challenge, raising more than $18,000 for the non-profit organization. The schools were pro-rated by student population in grades 2 through 12.

"We think it's exceptional and it just goes to show that the community support in this town is unbelievable," said Serge Michaud, executive director of Yukon Special Olympics "It's so positive and we are just so pleased to see the community assist Special Olympics with what we are trying to accomplish."

Michaud said the Stanley Cup Challenge is a result of a brainstorming session Special Olympics Yukon had back in September.

He added, at the meeting, the nonprofit recognized the need to come up with a new fund-raising initiative to help cover some of the costs involved in offering its programs and services.

Special Olympics Yukon is also hoping to create new programs, geared towards communities outside of Whitehorse.

Michaud said the Stanley Cup Challenge was designed to be a "two-pronged approach" and by targeting the schools, the non-profit was hoping it would act not only as a fund-raiser, but also provide an opportunity to create some awareness as well.

The Hockey Hall of Fame was very receptive to what Special Olympics Yukon was trying to achieve and eventually gave it permission to go ahead with the fund-raiser.

There is also an individual component to the challenge as well, giving the student that generated the most money an opportunity to host the NHL's top prize for dinner Sunday.

Holy Family's Jessica Collins raised $1,621.56, winning the student portion by just 56 cents. Peyton Fobe of Elijah Smith Elementary School finished in second, raising $1,621.

As a result of it being so close, Special Olympics Yukon was able to arrange it so the Fobe's home will host the Stanley Cup for lunch.

Other schools that participated include Golden Horn Elementary, which raised $6,768.48 (based on 113 students), Elijah Smith Elementary, $6,534.71 (based on 250 students); Whitehorse Elementary School, $5956.40 (based on 291 students); Hidden Valley Elementary School, $1,000 (based on 73 students); and F.H. Collins Secondary School, $2,180.84 (based on 625 students).

Holy Family had 123 students take part. Ted Hupe, the school's principal, said they are pumped about being able to host the Cup.

"It's all about a sense of community, that's what we try to foster," he said about his school. "Being that there was an opportunity to bring the Cup to this community was appealing to a lot of our kids and we are just happy that we could support Special Olympics in this way, in a win-win situation."