The Seattle Thunderbirds and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska announced that the 11th Annual Hockey Challenge, held Saturday at Kent’s ShoWare Center, raised $95,000 for RMHC.<\/p>\n
“The House is thrilled with the success of the event. It’s been a great 11-year partnership and we couldn’t ask for better partners than the T-Birds,” said Dianna Finnerty, executive director of RMHC. “We are thankful for the participation of all the teams and their fundraising efforts.”<\/p>\n
“The Challenge is such an important event for us,” said Colin Campbell, T-Birds vice-president. “We look forward to the challenge every year and know that our partnership with RMHC is providing assistance to numerous families staying at the Seattle Ronald McDonald House.”<\/p>\n
There were five games played at the challenge on Saturday. The first three games were played by six teams from various Microsoft divisions. The T-Birds vs. Portland Winter Hawks game followed the Microsoft games, and the event was capped off by the Celebrity All-Star Game, featuring among others Kelly Tysland, formerly Kelly Stephens, a member of the 2006 U.S. Women’s Olympic hockey bronze-medal team.<\/p>\n
Hockey teams are formed by sponsors that raise money to play in the challenge. All proceeds from the challenge directly support operations of the Seattle Ronald McDonald House, which provides a “home-away-from-home” for children and their families during medical treatment, . Last year the Seattle Ronald McDonald House provided accommodations for 800 families.<\/p>\n
Over the past 11 years the Hockey Challenge has raised over $3.5 million for the Seattle Ronald McDonald House.<\/p>\n
This was the first year that the Hockey Challenge took place in the T-Birds new home, Kent’s ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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