AHL Manchester Monarchs

Monarchs "At Your Service" Nets $37,000

Published on March 11, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs News Release


MANCHESTER, NH - The Monarchs Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Manchester Monarchs, netted $37,000 for three area charities during their eighth annual "At Your Service" event, held at The Event Center at C.R. Sparks in Bedford, New Hampshire, on Tuesday night. The money raised from the event will be donated to Child Health Services, Boys & Girls Club of Manchester and the Monarchs Care Foundation. The Monarchs "At Your Service" event has raised over $437,000 for local charities over the last eight years.

"I am continuously amazed by the generosity of our caring community and the donations from our team and local businesses this season as we were able to increase our proceeds by 11% from last season especially in these tough economic times," said Cheryl Abbott, Monarchs Senior Vice President. "It's truly special how year after year, our fans embrace our team and join in our efforts to give back to the community."

A night where the hockey gloves come off and the bow ties come on, "At Your Service" annually turns a normally rugged hockey team into an accomplished wait staff eager to fulfill special requests, such as singing a song, telling a joke, doing impersonations, making surprise phone calls, posing for photos and dancing - all for charitable tips.

Silent auction items at this year's event included tickets to select events at the Verizon Wireless Arena as well as an autographed Teddy Purcell 2009 AHL All-Star jersey and the wait staffs' specialty jerseys. Pottery, gift baskets and Build-A-Bears, all created by the players with their personal interests in mind, were also auctioned off to the top bidders. Top sellers were center Brian Boyle's specialty jersey, center Marty Murray's apron, defenseman Josh Kidd's pottery, right wing Kevin Westgarth and left wing Paul Crosty's personalized gift basket and center Gabe Gauthier's Build-A-Bear.

In addition to mingling with their favorite hockey players, the fans attending Tuesday's event were also treated to a first-class dinner and a night of dancing.

The Monarchs return to action at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday, March 13 for a 7:30 p.m. contest against the Lowell Devils. Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey with Ken Cail on the Monarchs Radio Network WGAM AM 1250 and at www.manchestermonarchs.com. Watch the games live on AHL Live for just $6 per game. Log onto www.manchestermonarchs.com and click on the link to AHL Live five minutes prior to each Monarchs game to watch the game live.

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