Maroons Raise $3171 On Breast Cancer Awareness Night

The Chatham Maroons Annual “Breast Cancer Awareness Night” held Sunday, October 16th was “another huge success due to the generosity of our Fans and our Sponsors,” according to Karen Szekesy of the Chatham Maroons.

“The $3171.00 raised from the auction of the ‘pink’ game jerseys, the raffle of the ‘pink’ hockey items and a donation from the Chatham Maroons Hockey Club will be shared by The Breast Buddies and by the Canadian Cancer Society, Chatham-Kent unit” said Szekesy.

The special ‘pink’ jerseys were donated by The Szekesy Family.

Mike and Dawn Wonnacott of Simply Vinyl Signs & Graphics and Dean Outhouse of RPM Designs donated the ‘pink’ hockey items.

Members of The Breast Buddies were in attendance for the special pre-game ceremony. They are a group of breast cancer survivors who have taken up dragon boat racing. It is their mission to promote awareness of a quality of life after a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Also participating in the pre-game ceremony was Cindy Vinall , the Manager Chatham-Kent Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Over the past 4 years, this brings the total to $13,101.00.