A little late, but still felt this was worth posting.
On March 14-15, Navy Youth Hockey hosted the first (hopefully) annual Hockey For Heroes. The purpose of this event was to raise money and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project, and the USA Warriors hockey team. The format was 24 hours of continuous hockey from 6 PM Friday night until 6 PM Saturday night. Teams were selected from Navy's youth programs, the USA Warriors, and adult teams from the Naval Academy ice rink and surrounding rinks. My team, Back2Black, was one of the teams given the privilege to play in this event.
The event was a huge success.
When we signed up, each team was given the goal to raise roughly $1000 per team. Our captain set a goal for each player to raise $400, which would bring our team's total to around $5000.
We met that goal and then some.
Our team's final total was over $16,000. Thanks to the generosity of our friends, family, and for some, clients and business partners, we were able to more than triple our original goal.
When the tournament was over, Hockey For Heroes raised $96,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project and the USA Warriors hockey team. Those numbers are simply amazing.
Our team was scheduled to play at 5:10 AM. That meant waking up at 3:30 to get to the rink and get ready. I was actually so excited to play in this game, I barely slept that night. I got to the rink and all I could think about was the men and women that were on the field of battle, working all hours to keep us safe.
We had invited two servicemen to serve as honorary coaches for the game. Both had been injured while deployed. Both were athletes in high school. Both sacrificed normal and promising lives to join the military. Both were injured and had their lives changed forever. It was definitely an honor to have these two brave men behind our bench.
We took the ice and played our game. In the end, we lost the game, 3-1. However, all we could think about was how much fun we had and who the real winners are throughout this whole event - the soldiers that need our care and support.
Here's our team photo showing our donation total, our two honorary coaches, and Miss Anne Arundel County:
On March 14-15, Navy Youth Hockey hosted the first (hopefully) annual Hockey For Heroes. The purpose of this event was to raise money and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project, and the USA Warriors hockey team. The format was 24 hours of continuous hockey from 6 PM Friday night until 6 PM Saturday night. Teams were selected from Navy's youth programs, the USA Warriors, and adult teams from the Naval Academy ice rink and surrounding rinks. My team, Back2Black, was one of the teams given the privilege to play in this event.
The event was a huge success.
When we signed up, each team was given the goal to raise roughly $1000 per team. Our captain set a goal for each player to raise $400, which would bring our team's total to around $5000.
We met that goal and then some.
Our team's final total was over $16,000. Thanks to the generosity of our friends, family, and for some, clients and business partners, we were able to more than triple our original goal.
When the tournament was over, Hockey For Heroes raised $96,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project and the USA Warriors hockey team. Those numbers are simply amazing.
Our team was scheduled to play at 5:10 AM. That meant waking up at 3:30 to get to the rink and get ready. I was actually so excited to play in this game, I barely slept that night. I got to the rink and all I could think about was the men and women that were on the field of battle, working all hours to keep us safe.
We had invited two servicemen to serve as honorary coaches for the game. Both had been injured while deployed. Both were athletes in high school. Both sacrificed normal and promising lives to join the military. Both were injured and had their lives changed forever. It was definitely an honor to have these two brave men behind our bench.
We took the ice and played our game. In the end, we lost the game, 3-1. However, all we could think about was how much fun we had and who the real winners are throughout this whole event - the soldiers that need our care and support.
Here's our team photo showing our donation total, our two honorary coaches, and Miss Anne Arundel County:
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