We are home, exhausted, and satisfied...
We spent 13 hours at Graham Arena yesterday. I had forgotten that feeling you get when you spend all day at the rink - tired feet, cold fingers and toes, and a warm heart. I miss hanging out and shooting the breeze with my hockey friends.
This weekend was the 12A tournament. Add to that 4 high school games, and several other youth practices, and it was a busy day at Graham Arena. If you have a kid who plays hockey in this town, we probably saw you yesterday.
Thanks to all that traffic, it was a great day of fundraising. Through tournament t-shirt and SOF novelty sales, we added another $1500 to the foundation coffers. We are pushing towards $40,000. The goal is to get the fund to $100,000 some day. We will keep working...
Seeing these girls playing their games and hanging around the rink, it brings back so many good memories. These 15 girls all know the story of Shannon. They wore stickers on their helmets and green ribbon in their hair. Shannon serves as a reminder for them to enjoy these experiences.
Today we were back at the rink to watch the Rochester team in the championship game. (Erin was slightly over-dressed for the occasion, having come directly from her piano recital!) While the Rochester team came out on the short end, there was much appreciation from those girls and their families for our efforts to support girls hockey in this town. Despite the loss, they were all smiles for us as we congratulated them on their tournament.
Shannon would be proud of us, I think.
So, week one of four Shannon Cup events is in the books. We will be back at the rink again after the holidays. Maybe my toes will be warm by then...
