Stollery Family Day Classic

The Stollery Family Day Classic is focused on children, families, active living and good health. The mission of the tournament is about giving back and promoting awareness and support for the kids needing the services of the Stollery Children’s Hospital. It also will support future player developmental initiatives of Hockey . The tournaments is to promote hockey and healthy children!

This annual Tournament will promote and develop a sense of responsibility and caring for others through the great game of hockey.

"Playing for Healthy kids - Giving back to others”

Team Challenge “PLAYING FOR HEALTHY KIDS”

In order to achieve the goal of promoting hockey and healthy children we are asking each team to empower and enable the players to give back and support others less fortunate. Each player will receive a pledge sheet and is encouraged to go out and get pledges from friends, family and neighbors. These pledges will go directly to the Stollery Children’s hospital to help kids who require the world class health services provided by the Stollery. We are aiming for this to be a player driven initiative that engages our youth to get actively involved in thinking of others and giving back to those less fortunate.

We are aiming for a target of $100 raised per player. All the proceeds will go to supporting the Stollery and minor hockey in Edmonton. In addition to the money that will be raised, we believe there will be a tremendous benefit to the players by creating a understanding of the benefits of giving back, raising awareness and caring about others in the community. It is also a time for all to reflect how fortunate they are to be healthy and able to play the best game in the world.

Procedure

All players & coaches will receive a pledge sheet and a copy of this letter.

All tracking sheets and pledges will be turned in to Stollery representatives prior to the teams first game of the tournament on February 18th,2011.

Team managers or coaches will collect and submit the individual packages together.

All pledges must be collected prior to the event.

Team & Individual Rewards

There are exceptional rewards for the top 5 fund raisers in the tournament. Two wildcard prizes will also be drawn from the players that meet or beat the $100 dollar target. The prizes are a follows:

A $1500 scholarship to the Serdachny Program of Excellence Spring and Summer training program 2011

A Sydney Crosby autographed Jersey

Alexander Ovechkin autographed Jersey

Steven Stamkos autographed Jersey

Jonathan Toews autographed Jersey

Taylor Hall autographed Jersey

Jordan Eberle autographed Jersey

Team awards

The top fundraising teams from each level Novice to Bantom will receive team pizza and pop party for all their team and coaches at Pizza.

Coaches

We are highly encouraging everybody to participate in the spirit of giving back to the Stollery and Hockey Edmonton including our coaches. You will play a big part in encouraging the players to do their best and get actively involved in the process on an ongoing basis.

Coaches of the top 3 fund raising teams will receive

1 Team training pack 6 attack triangles and Explosive Speed and hockey Skills 5 DVD Series, 2 5 Explosive speed and Hockey skills DVD Series and a team set of 15 Swedish Speedballs off ice stick handling balls 3 5 DVD series

We are encouraging players and teams to get creative and to try and support the tournament initiatives such as:

 Bottle Drives  Cooperate sponsorship  Engaging friends and family member to help and get involved in raising pledges  Anything else that could be fun and build a sense of team and community

Tournament schedules will be available approximately two weeks prior to the tournament.

We are looking forward to an amazing event that will positively impact our youth and community at large in a big way. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Yours in Hockey & healthy kids,

Steve Serdachny

Stollery Family Day Classic Tournament Chairman www.familydayclassic.com