World’s Longest Hockey Game! Hockey Marathon For Kids

I jumped on board when my friend Lesley from Magical Moments asked for any volunteers for an amazing event she was organizing.    It is called the Hockey Marathon for Kids.  40 super men are going to undertake breaking the Guinness record for the worlds longest hockey game!    250 hours of hockey straight!

I was there today on my first Volunteer shift and experienced a taste of what they are going through –  it is truly inspirational!  They must eat, sleep, and play hockey all in the same arena for 10.5 gruelling days.   They have 4 hour shifts of hockey, with medics and nurses at hand, for the chaffing, blistering and puck cuts they will get.   The next 4 hours they get to shower, eat, sleep, and get treatment.

But they are not just doing it for the record!!  The best part of it is they are doing it all for the kids. They are aiming to raise 1.5 million dollars for teh Alberta Children’s Hospital!  Focusing on paediatric cancer.  The little girl who started it all is Diamond Marshall and beautiful 7 year old who is famous for her big hug with Princess Kate last summer.   Her fight with pediatric cancer is tear-wrentching, but she is at this point on the mend!  What an amazing cause, especially having our own daughter in the Alberta Children’s hospital for 2 weeks when she was 9 months old.  So very close to home.

Go to www.hockeymarathon.com  to read more about it and donate.

I had the privilege of shooting their team and individual photos right before the game, and here is my favourite of them all, right before the opening ceremonies!  Also some touching moments at the ceremony.
Go to Chestermere Recreational Center and Arena to visit the boys, and check out the silent auction items!

Nancy.

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