Pink In The Rink Weekend Raises $12,000
Published on March 11, 2010 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Texas Tornado News Release
FRISCO - The Texas Tornado raised $12,000 for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life Frisco during the Second Annual Pink In The Rink weekend March 5-7, 2010.
"It is a privilege to work with Relay For Life Frisco this year, as this event was truly a success for both of us," says Tony Curtale, President, General Manager, and Head Coach. "Cancer has touched the lives of many in our organization and we are ecstatic to help fight this terrible disease."
Twenty percent of the ticket sales, merchandise sales, silent auction and silent jersey auction from all three games, make up the $12,000 raised for Relay For Life Frisco.
The Pink In The Rink Weekend also celebrated the life of Lisa Flowers, a long-time Tornado fan and host mom to many of the Tornado players throughout the years, who lost her battle with cancer in the fall of 2009. Each player wore a commemorative floral patch with the initials L.F. in honor of Lisa Flowers. This Pink in the Rink Weekend marked the First Annual Flowers Cup. The three day battle for the Flowers Cup concluded on March 7, 2010 as the Texas Tornado swept Springfield Junior Blues to receive the First Annual Flowers Cup in loving memory of Lisa Flowers.
"Relay For Life Frisco would like to thank the Texas Tornado and their sponsors for their hard work to make the weekend of Pink In The Rink such a huge success," says Michelle Westfall, Relay For Life Frisco Event Chair. "We appreciate the opportunity to be apart of the inaugural Flowers Cup, as cancer touches so many, and we are thankful for the generosity of the Frisco community in supporting this event and this great cause."
The Texas Tornado and American Cancer Society Relay For Life Frisco would like to thank our Pink in the Rink Sponsors: EFA Processing, Texas Oncology, Freddy's, Data Bank, Travelers Insurance, Maggiano's, Texas Alley Roofing, and United Healthcare.
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