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NHLPA’s Goals & Dreams Partners with HNIC

The NHLPA and CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada are teaming up to donate hockey equipment to grassroots programs around the world.
The NHLPA’s Goals & Dreams fund is celebrating its 10th anniversary by going on a 10-country tour in 10 days, donating around $125,000 US worth of equipment to cities across the globe.
HNIC is sending a [...]

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News Bytes: Buy Red Sox Tix, Support Charity

Here’s a round up of some stories from the day. The Red Sox Tickets for Charity program takes the lead. Then after the jump, read about the new Lone Star Faceoff charity hockey competition, as well as a Disability and the arts program that got an Olympics charity boost in the U.K.
Boston Red [...]

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Buffalo Sabres’ Kaleta Starts HITS Foundation

Reaching the top echelons of professional sports can bring in plenty of money, but more importantly, it brings a wealth of opportunity. For the Buffalo Sabres’ Patrick Kaleta, a local boy, it was his chance to start the HITS Foundation. HITS is an acronym for Helping Individuals To Smile. The organization is [...]

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It’s About the Hair: Bruins, Hurricanes Step Up for Charity; NHL Announces Poker Event

The Boston Bruins are shaving their heads for charity, while the Carolina Hurricanes are growing beards for charity. Considering geography, you would think it would be other way around, but if it’s for charity… Also, the NHL announced its charity component to its annual awards event in Vegas.
Boston Bruins: NECN.com reported that about [...]

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Zoot Suit Riot: Ryan Miller’s Charity Event Set to a Speakeasy Theme; Sabres Players Take Part

WGRZ-NBC reported that Buffalo Sabres G Ryan Miller hosted the third annual “Catwalk for Charity” fundraiser and cancer awareness last night in Buffalo.
This year’s theme was “Speakeasy from the ’20s.” Sabres players and guests “showed off their flapper dresses, pinstripe suits and fedora hats” during the fashion show event.
Miller started the event [...]

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Conroy Helping Flames Program; Walter and The First Tee; Zorich Talks to Students

In Calgary, Kathy Mccormick writes that Calgary Flames C Craig Conroy, the official player spokesperson for the Flames Foundation for Life, participated in a charity event today in support of the foundation’s Calgary Flames Even Strength Program.
The program “helps fund registration fees for hockey programs for underprivileged families” (Kathy Mccormick, Calgary Herald, 1/31). Read [...]

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Bruins’ Solid Performance on the Ice Helps This Year’s Charity Carnival Event

Boston Bruins Wives’ Charity Carnival (1:29)
NECN’s Stephen Iandoli reported from the 19th annual Boston Bruins Wives’ Charity Carnival this afternoon. The event benefits the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. Bruins players signed autographs, took pictures for and played video games with fans. Iandoli: “And with the Bruins playing much [...]

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Giving Thanks: Several Pro Teams Busy in Community this Thanksgiving

With the NFL, NBA and NHL in full swing, several pro teams hit the pause button to give back this Thanksgiving. Progress Avenue presents a round-up of what went on this holiday:
Anaheim Ducks: The Anaheim Ducks partnered with local nonprofit, We Give Thanks Inc. and La Casa Garcia restaurant to host its annual complimentary [...]

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Wayne’s World: Gretzky Foundation Tees Up

The Wayne Gretzky Foundation will host a new Nationwide Tour event north of Toronto called the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic beginning next June, according to Jon Show of the SportsBusiness Daily. Ford Motor Company of Canada will be the title sponsor and Samsung Electronics Canada is the presenting sponsor under three-year deals. The [...]

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Mario Lemieux Foundation Receives Outstanding Foundation of 2008 Award

The Mario Lemieux Foundation received the Outstanding Foundation of 2008 award by the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals today at the National Philanthropy Day Reception in Pittsburgh
The chapter recognizes, “Founded in 1993 by hockey legend Mario Lemieux shortly after his diagnosis and treatment for Hodgkin’s disease, the Mario Lemieux Foundation, based [...]

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Athlete Notes: Speed Selling Shirts; NFLers Pitching In; Walsh Volleys for Cure

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Scott Speed, who has been diagnosed with the digestive condition ulcerative colitis, is raising money for the Chron’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) by selling “Muffin Man” t-shirts, which he designed in partnership with Arizona-based Muze Clothing. The shirt sells for $40, with 100% of the proceeds from [...]

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Longtime Sabres Fan Envisions Team Museum With a Local Focus in Buffalo

In Buffalo, Charity Vogel profiles Buffalo Sabres fan Joseph Gambacorta’s pursuit of a “Buffalo Hockey Experience and Museum” that would “tell that story of Buffalo hockey to visitors.”
Gambacorta, a Sabres memorabilia buff, already has “a Web site in place — www.bleedfortheblueandgold.com — and filed an application for nonprofit status.”
Vogel writes that “as Gambacorta sees [...]

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