The Drumheller Dragons Junior ‘A’ hockey organization will be turning their game on Saturday, November 21 into a charity event for 10 local organizations.
By attending the Dragons game against the Olds Grizzlys, fans will have the opportunity to benefit 10 Drumheller and area charitable organizations. A portion of every ticket sale from Saturday’s game will be donated to the 10 organizations.
They include: Big Country Victim Services Association, The Canadian Badlands Passion Play, The Drumheller and District Humane Society, the Drumheller and District Rural Crime Watch Association, Drumheller and District Seniors Foundation, Drumheller and Region Transition Society (D.A.R.T.S), Drumheller and Area Health Foundation, Drumheller Youth Centre, Grace House Drumheller Society for Recovery and the Salvation Army Drumheller.
Each of the organizations will have a table set up in the lobby during the game so fans in attendance can learn more about the work they do in Drumheller and the surrounding area.
In addition to the portion donated from ticket sales, 12 local businesses will be donating various dollar amounts to total $1125 for every goal the Dragons score during the game.
The players will also be wearing special edition grey jerseys to recognize November as Diabetes awareness month. These game-worn jerseys will be auctioned off after the game and 100 per cent of the proceeds will go to the 10 charitable organizations.
Amanda Stahl, Dragons business manager, said the idea came to her after she saw it when she was in college.
“I had been part of similar events when I was in college, but it would be just one charity, for example we would have a United Way night. I thought it would be very difficult to pick one, so I reached out to all of the local charitable organizations,” she said adding that some organizations were unable to participate.
Stahl hopes by having a lot of people come to the game, the team will feel the enthusiasm of the night.
“The more people that are there to cheer I think the better the atmosphere will be. Being a former hockey player myself, I felt that the more people there, the more pucks you get, the better you play,” she told The Mail.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Drumheller Memorial Arena.
