Hi Everyone.....me again!!!!
I am very excited to be doing this again this year! We had a blast last year collecting stuffies for a GREAT cause!
Some of you may know the family, some may not....however, there is a family from Port Dover that had to spend many days at McMaster Children's Hospital a few years ago with their son Ryder.
Here is the Facebook post from Ryder's Mom:
It's that time of year again. Time for the 2nd annual Ry – not stuffy drive. Last year we donated tons of stuffies to Mcmaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, just in time for Christmas. We know how hard it is for a child to be admitted to the hospital, especially durring the Christmas season. I remember when Ryder was admitted to mcmaster just before Christmas. Santa went room to room, visiting the patients and giving them teddy bears. It made his day. We want to put smiles on all the kids in Mcmaster and we need your help! Please donate new stuffies with tags. Kathy Mercey has once again volunteered The Coffee Shop in Port Dover to be a drop off location. You can also drop them off at our house. Pictured above are the stuffies that were donated last year.
So......we want to help them out again this year and top the 116 stuffies they collected last year!
Saturday Dec. 10th at our Home Game vs. Tillsonburg, we will be doing a Teddy Bear Toss! If we score in the first period, we will toss them then...if not, we will toss between the first and second period!
It is a lot of fun and a very nice way to give back.....the team was really excited last year!!!!! Please make sure the stuffies are NEW with tags still on. I found some great ones at the Dollarama last year!
I will send out a reminder later this week! I have also sent an email to Tillsonburg to join us!
Carrie.