Blades Spread Holiday Cheer Through Teddy Bear Toss & Jersey Auction
December 16, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release
ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades are proud to announce that their fans came through with flying colors during the annual "Teddy Bear Toss!" on December 11 at Germain Arena. When David Fischer scored midway through the first period against Greenville, the fans showered the ice with over 6,000 stuffed toys that have been donated throughout South West Florida.
This season the stuffed toys were donated to several SW Florida youth organizations including Toys for Tots, The Lee County Sheriffs Department Youth Programs and The Children's Hospital of SW Florida.
On Monday, December 13 several Everblades players hand delivered a portion of the stuffed toys to kids battling cancer at the Children's Hospital.
In addition to the Teddy Bear Toss, the Everblades wore special holiday themed jerseys that were auctioned off live following Saturday's game. The jersey auction raised $12,150, of which proceeds will benefit the Deb Kelsey Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Deb Kelsey Memorial Scholarship Fund benefits Junior Everblades players who need financial assistance in order to play ice hockey and has been helping families since its creation in 2003.
Individual tickets to all 2010-11 Florida Everblades home games are on sale now! Tickets are available at the TIB Bank Box Office Monday - Friday from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fans can also purchase tickets through TicketMaster by logging onto www.ticketmaster.comor calling 800-745-3000.
The Everblades return to action on Friday, December 17 when they travel to Charleston, SC to take on the South Carolina Stingrays at 7:05 p.m. from the North Charleston Coliseum. The Everblades next home game is Tuesday, December 21 when they host the Gwinnett Gladiators at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.floridaeverblades.comand www.germainarena.comfor more information on ticket packages, pricing and upcoming Germain Arena events.
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