Rockets Suit up with Don Cherry to Promote Organ Donation - Presented by RE/MAX
March 1, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release
The Kelowna Rockets will be looking spiffy wearing limited edition Don Cherry inspired jerseys on March 10th when they take on the Kamloops Blazers at Prospera Place. The night is part of the WHL Suits up with Don Cherry to Promote Organ Donation - Presented by RE/MAX. The initiative sees all 17 Canadian market WHL teams host their own awareness game.
On March 10th doors will open at 6:00pm. All fans will receive a coloured wrist band when entering the arena. During the game, our in game host will draw one colour of wrist band and anyone with that colour will be going home with a Don Cherry Bobblehead! All other fans will receive an Upper Deck Don Cherry trading card.
Find the Don Cherry cut out on the concourse and take a selfie with him to be entered to win an autographed bobblehead!
The jerseys will be worn for the game and then auctioned off online. All proceeds from the auctions will go to the Kidney Foundation of Canada.
The Cherry family has close ties to the Kidney Foundation, as Don's son Tim, received a kidney transplant from his sister Cindy.
Fans will be able to bid on the limited edition game worn jerserys via online auction. The auction will go live on Tuesday, March 7th at 9:00am and will go until Sunday, March 11th at 6:00pm.
Tickets are available for Rockets home games through selectyourtickets.com, at the Prospera Place box office or by phone at 250-762-5050.
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