MN Disabled Hockey Night at a Wild game in St. Paul - RSVP by Sunday, September 21st,

Minnesota Special Hockey Players and Families: As summer ends, the Hockey Season is getting geared up! One of the highlights of our year is the ability for MN Special Hockey players and families to participate in the MN Disabled Hockey Night at a Wild game in St. Paul. In addition, this night is also a GREAT fund raising opportunity for MN Special Hockey via our support of program sales. We have a couple opportunities for MN Special Hockey players and families to participate and volunteer. All people participating will also get free tickets to this game! PLEASE NOTE that this year the event is on a SATURDAY!

Event Details:

Date: Saturday, September 27th before 5:00. This time is when everyone must arrive to get into the arena. Late arrivals may miss the opportunity. The game starts at 7:00.

Where: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN.

What: MN Wild vs. The Winnipeg Jets 

What we need:

1. We are in need of approx. 25 volunteers to sell programs at this event. We need a combination of players and non-players (including adults!) Selling programs is a lot of fun. Once completed (around the end of the 1st period), you get to sit down and enjoy the rest of the game!

2. Once again, MN Special Hockey will be showcased via a short exhibition game to be played in between periods (not sure which one). For this we will need 12 players and 3 coaches.

Next Steps: Please respond back to me if you are interested in volunteering / participating in this GREAT event:

Specifically, I need to know if you are interested in volunteering to sell programs at this event and also if you are interested in skating (Players and Coaches) between periods. Once all volunteers have been gathered, we will be putting together a list of those that will be skating and those who will be selling programs. In the event we have more than 12 players wanting to skate, the criteria we will use to select the skaters will be as follows:

1. If they did not skate at this event last year.
2. If they have never skated at this event in prior years.
3. Draw names from a hat.

Each volunteer that participates as a program seller at this event will receive one free ticket to the game. Each MSHA Player / Coach that skates in this event will receive one free ticket plus one ticket for an additional family member. As with prior years, we MAY have the opportunity to receive additional tickets. Please also include how many tickets you would ideally like to have for your family. This is a Saturday game, extra tickets might be hard to get for family members. Once we have all of the info, we will communicate tickets details.

Please let me know by email before Sunday, September 21st, if you can join us for this fun night at the MN Wild!

Thanks!
Tom Schuneman
Thomas.Schuneman@Michaelfoods.com

Amazon just donated $250 to Minnesota Special Hockey - in my name

All I did was use smile.amazon.com when shopping on Amazon. Once I’d set it up (see link) Amazon even reminded me to change URLs when I went to buy something.

We could all do this.

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.

Shop at smile.amazon.com and get free money for Minnesota Special Hockey

Amazon.com is launching a charitable program — somewhat similar to what Target does.

Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same Amazon Prime benefits.
Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com.

They say it doesn’t affect prices at all, but if you use the URL smile.amazon.com you will be asked to choose a charitable org. They search the federal listings, so Minnesota Special Hockey is an option: 

More details 

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If I represent a charitable organization, how can I learn more about registering my organization for AmazonSmile?
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The trick will be remembering to always use the URL smile.amazon.com. That’s going to take some work…