Please help our August 23rd 2014 Eagle Street Grille and Section 108 Fundraiser

From Susie Miller:

Do you know we will be entering our 9th season of play this fall? Yes, 9th season! When we started our registration fee was $150. $110 for MN Special Hockey and $40 for USA Hockey. This year registration is $160. $110 for MN Special Hockey and $50 USA Hockey. Our registration fee has only increased $10 since 2006. The main reason is our golf tournament. Eagle Street Grille and Section 108 season ticket holders team up to help us put on a very successful event. This year the tournament will take place on Saturday, August 23 at 1pm. In order for the event to be successful we need your help.

1. Volunteer - we need helpers from 8am - 8pm! Please email Me, Susie Miller(mnspecialhockey@gmail.com), your availability that day. We will then confirm your schedule. Please do so prior to August 13th as I need to move my daughter to college leaving on the 17th and would like to have this covered ahead of time.
2. Help recruit raffle prizes and auction items. If you have items you are able to donate please mail them or drop them off to Braemar Arena, 7501 Ikola Way, Edina 55439; Attn: Susie Miller
3. Spread the word! We need foursomes to make this successful! Forward on an email like this:

Dear XXXX,
I am writing today to ask you to help support my ice hockey team. I have played hockey for XX years. My favorite position is XXX. I can not play with my local association, so I have joined MN Special Hockey. MN Special Hockey is for people with disabilities. Every year MN Special Hockey hosts the Section 108 Golf Tournament.

Eagle Street Grille, Section 108 season ticket holders and MN Special Hockey team up to put on a very successful event. This year the tournament will take place on Saturday, August 23 at 1pm. In order for the event to be successful we need your help.
1. Volunteer - we need helpers from 8am - 8pm! Please email Susie Miller (mnspecia lhockey@gmail.com), your availability that day. We will then confirm your schedule. Please do so prior to August 13th so we know we have enough volunteers.
2. Help us recruit raffle prizes and auction items. If you have items you are able to donate please mail them or drop them off to Braemar Arena, 7501 Ikola Way, Edina 55439; Attn: Susie Miller
3. Sign up for our event! We are adding a new special hockey team this year and we need MONEY! Log on to: http://www.section108golf.com/index.html to register today!

Thank you for supporting me while I get to play hockey in the STATE of HOCKEY!
Thank you,
Sincerely,
XXX

We look forward to seeing you!!!
Thank you!
Susie Miller

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Incidentally, if you know some golfers, The entry fee is $108/golfer - 18 holes of Golf, Cart, Lunch and PRIZES.

Summer gathering is July 27, 2014 at Rosland Park (Edina aquatics center)

Eagles | Teams | Minnesota Special Hockey:

Summer Gathering
4:00pm- 7:00pm (CDT) Rosland Park

The exact time and details have not been determined, this is time could change.

Families are encouraged to hang out at the Edina Aquatic Center, then join the party.

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The trick will be remembering to always use the URL smile.amazon.com. That’s going to take some work…

Madison Special Hockey Tournament: March 15 and 16, RSVP by Feb 28

We now have official notice of the tournament!

Tournament dates are Saturday, March 15th and Sunday, March 16th.

Hotel Info: Homewood Suites, 608-271-0600. Ask for the Hockey Festival block of rooms Rate $99/per night - unfortunately this rate expires Feb 21st so it probably won't be active when you see this (we just heard). Ask anyway, sometimes you get the rate. This is for a King Studio Suite which has one King bed and a full-size pull out.

Players will be assigned a team grouped by ability level. We are not participating as Minnesota Special Hockey.

Instead of a group dinner (as in years past) they are planning on a group lunch on Saturday.

We'll get more details, but tentatively ...

• Organizer is shooting for the first game Saturday to start somewhere around noon Saturday (based on our request to save on a night of hotel cost). The last games Sunday should end mid afternoon to allow time to drive home.
• Organizer is trying to organize a group outing which may be something like going to the Women’s NCAA Tournament hockey game at the Kohl Center in Madison.

If you plan on attending here’s what you need to do right now:

• E-mail jkelly@schererbros.com and give your players name and home team. I need this by Friday, February 28th please. The Madison tournament organizer needs to know the player count so they can organize.
• Book your room!

MNSH scholarship opportunity, and Sam Cashin is first Hendrickson Foundation Athlete of the Month

Toni Gillen (our representative at MN Hockey/USA Hockey) forwarded a scholarship opportunity: Minnesota Hockey is happy to announce they will be awarding a $1000 scholarship to a player to either further their education or to continue/improve their opportunities for their health and wellness (i.e. adaptive equipment, program fees, etc.). Deadline for applications is March 10th and will be awarded at the April Minnesota Hockey annual meeting. A link to the information is at: http://www.minnesotahockey.org/page/show/872455-disabled-hockey-scholarship.

In other news Sam Cashin was awarded the very first Hendrickson Foundation Athlete of the Month. MN Special Hockey would love to hear and publish stories about all our athletes. If you wish to have your story shared, send an email to Jane Cashin at jocashin@comcast.net with information similar to one published on the Hendrickson Foundation site. Please send a picture too. Sharing your hockey story will also help us promote our program and make sure everyone knows that "Hockey is for EveryBody"!