The Dryden Pee Wee Frostbite Hockey team continues its quest towards becoming GM Good Deeds Cup champions.
The team is in the running for $100,000 in funding as part of the national competition.
Frostbite Manager Heather Friesen and player Jackson Friesen were guests on the CKDR Morning Show Monday to talk about the campaign.
Heather says organizations have to demonstrate what they are are doing to positively improve their community.
She notes the team will have to post a Youtube video in January showcasing their activities and after that online voting begins.
Heather says they have selected Christmas Cheer as the charity of their choice.
Jackson says they have already been busy.
He notes the team first volunteered at the Food Bank and prepared rice and oatmeal hampers as well as make gift bags.
Jackson says they proceeded to Walmart to take part in the “Stuff an EMS Vehicle” campaign, where they collected toys and non-perishable food items.
He says they will then be involved in putting together and delivering Christmas hampers.
Both Heather and Jackson Friesen stress the Frostbite are happy to assist the Christmas Cheer program and help the less fortunate.
Another big winner is the Dryden DREAM Committee as the team has selected the volunteer group as the recipient of the possible $100,000 for Arena upgrades.
Dryden GM Ice Dogs President Mike Sveinson was also on the Morning Show today and stated the Junior Hockey team is also a proud partner.
At Wednesday’s Ice Dogs/Miners game, the team will join the Frostbite for a number of fundraising initiatives for Christmas Cheer.
They will be holding a “Stuff a Net” campaign where fans can donate non-perishable food items for the Food Bank.
There will be a “Teddy Bear/Toy Toss” and an opportunity to “Fill the Skate” with monetary donations.
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