IceDogs Teddy Bear Toss

[hockey123]

Good Afternoon Everyone

Our 1st Annual Teddy Bear Toss has been confirmed and will take place on
Friday, December 14th when we take on the Barrie Colts.

For those who are not familiar with the concept, the Teddy Bear Toss is an
annual event hosted by essentially every team in the Canadian Hockey League.
All fans in attendance are encouraged to bring any new or gently used teddy
bear to the game and throw them on the ice after our first goal. The
Niagara Regional Police Foundation has volunteered to assist the Niagara
Victim Crisis Support Services in getting the teddy bears out to children
involved in crisis. The N.V.C.S.S. is an independent organization that
works in conjunction with local police, fire, and paramedic crews to assist
those in need. For more information, please visit
www.niagaravictimservice.com or google "Teddy Bear Toss" to learn more about
this successful event.

I believe the record for an event of this nature was about 17,000 bears that
were collected at a rink out West last season. We would really like to see
this as a successful event in Niagara as well, so if we can get an average
of one bear per person, we could conceivably end up with upwards of 3,000+
bears, which would be a tremendous donation. Not to mention the show of
support to our boys for this worth while charity. The N.V.C.S.S. is a
tremendous organization and this is a great opportunity for our communities
to come together and help those children who are sadly forced to deal with
difficult and traumatic events at such a young age.

If there are any questions regarding this game, or any other upcoming
events, please feel free to contact me any time.

Thanks and have a great week!!

Jon


Jon Kursikowski
Director of Ticket Sales & Community Relations
Niagara IceDogs Hockey Club
P: 905-687-3641 x223
C: 289-407-2913
F: 905-682-9129
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www.niagaraicedogs.net

[excanucksfan]

What do you do if you sit in the ends. It will be pretty hard to get the bears through the mesh.

Hopefully everyone brings a bear as it all goes to a good cause.

[chooch]

I seen videos from two other rinks, in Oshawa it looked like the end fans could throw them over the mesh as it probably wasn't too high. In Windsor however everything was coming from the sides. It looked like the end people tossed towards the outward people where they would eventually find their way to the ice, like a large teddy bear relay.

[hockeyobserver]

how did the toss go?

[sportscrazy]

It went well. All the bears made there way onto the ice. People sitting on the ends threw their bears over the mesh or walked to the sides and threw them from there. Lots of bears on the ice, it took about 10 minutes to clean up. While the clean up happened, an IceDogs version of the 12 days of christmas was played over the PA and on the video screens.