WHL Edmonton Oil Kings

Edmonton Oil Kings Release Second Novel

January 11, 2010 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Edmonton Oil Kings News Release


Edmonton, AB - The Edmonton Oil Kings Hockey Club, in conjunction with Literacy for Life and their exclusive sponsor Schlumberger, are proud to launch this year's Oil Kings hockey-based novel, Oil King Courage. This marks the second book release ever for the Edmonton owned franchise.

Please join St. Bonaventure School students and staff as they enjoy a great presentation by author Sigmund Brouwer and all the visiting hockey players. Students and guests will have the opportunity to receive copies of Oil King Courage signed by their favourite Oil King players.

"To have author Sigmund Brouwer write a story involving the Edmonton Oil Kings is an honor," says the Oil Kings Nick Wilson. "It's even more gratifying to know that as an organization, we are involved in a campaign that promotes literacy and the value of a good education amongst young people. We thank Schlumberger for their support on this project in helping us reach out to more than 50,000 students thus far!"

The campaign will start with the distribution of 5,000 of the novels to students in attendance at the Oil Kings first ever CN Hockey Hooky this Wednesday. It's the Western Hockey League's first ever regular season game to be played at 11:30 a.m. on a weekday morning.

This positive initiative has had such mass appeal that other school districts have requested access to the program outside the city of Edmonton. More than 25,000 students will once again be impacted by this initiative this year, bringing the total to approximately 50,000 over the two years since the program began. This is the second novel in an eventual Oil Kings series, written to teach students the importance of securing a good education and foundation in reading. Copies of this novel will be made available to thousands of students in Edmonton and area schools and at upcoming Oil Kings games compliments of this partnership.




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