Richmond Hockey Fights Cancer Presents: Fourth Annual Hockey For Hope Benefit Game
March 11, 2008 - SPHL (SPHL)
Richmond Renegades News Release
Richmond, VA: Richmond Hockey Fights Cancer will once again partner with the Richmond Renegades of the Southern Professional Hockey League in presenting their Fourth Annual Hockey for Hope benefit ice hockey game on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008. This year the event will begin at 1:00 pm at the Richmond Coliseum and feature the team squaring off in a bit of hockey nostalgia from the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid- Team USA vs. The Soviets.
Each ticket purchased for the event allows admission to the Hockey for Hope benefit game, the Legends of Richmond Hockey Game to be held at 5:30 p.m. and the SPHL Richmond Renegades vs. the Twin City Cyclones Game to be held at 7:35 p.m. at the Coliseum on the same day. The cost for this hockey triple header is $10.00 in advance.
Tickets for the day's events are available online at the team's website: www.TeamRHFC.com
Richmond Hockey Fights Cancer is a grassroots charity that was formed in 2003 within the local hockey community of Richmond, Virginia. The goals of the group are to raise funds and awareness for cancer causes by public service, sponsored events and other charitable efforts. Members of the organization have all had their lives touched by cancer and the team counts several cancer survivors amongst their ranks.
The charity has partnered with The National Hockey League's Hockey Fights Cancer Program which works directly with the United States and Canadian Cancer societies.
Proceeds from this event will be allocated to benefit The NHL Hockey Fights Cancer Program as well as other Local and National Cancer Organizations. The Signature event of the charity, the Annual Hockey for Hope Benefit Game, which for past two years has been held the at the Richmond Coliseum, raised over $50,000 since its inception.
In addition to the annual charity game, local fundraising efforts have also involved auctions, blood and platelet drives. In November, 2007, the team traveled to Charlottesville to play a charity game sponsored by the Sperry Marine Hockey Club to benefit the UVA Health System Cancer Center.
Locally, members of the organization also donate their time volunteering for cancer organizations and community outreach programs for cancer patients such as the VCU Health System Massey Cancer Center, the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and ASK Oncology.
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