Maroons Team Up To Fight Breast Cancer
Photo by Helen Heath
The Maroons have designated their home game on Sunday, November 1st vs the St Thomas Stars as “Breast
Cancer Awareness Night”.
The Chatham Maroons announced today that the team will wear special “pink “ game jerseys as a tribute to the survivors of this terrible illness. These sweaters have been donated by the Szekesy Family and Hogan’s Printing .
They will be autographed by the player wearing that jersey and then auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society and the Breast Buddies.
Dean Outhouse of “RPM Designs” and Mike Wonnacott of “Simply Vinyl Signs & Graphics” have donated special “pink” items to be raffled Sunday, November 1st.
Fans are encouraged to get to the game early as a limited number of “pink items” will be given out on a first come basis.
The Breast Buddies and the Cancer Society will have information tables set up on the West side upper walkway of Memorial Arena. For more information, please visit their websites at www.cancer.ca and www.thebreastbuddies.com.
There will be an on-ice tribute to the Breast Buddies and Canadian Cancer Society prior to the game. The puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
To celebrate the perseverance these survivors have shown in their battle with Breast Cancer, the song, “I BELIEVE” will be sung by Alexis Bruhlman during the first intermission of Sunday’s game.