The Longest Game of Hockey (Fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis)

I’m a sucker for fundraisers (as you can tell from last week’s Fashion’s Night OUT! in benefit of Out on Schools). So when my good friend (and fellow PhD) Beth Snow pitched me to write about her current project (engage in the longest game of hockey, a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation) I knew I had to blog about it. Even though I really don’t like hockey all that much, I love Beth and she’s my friend and the cause is near and dear to my heart.

From the information she sent me:

The fundraiser will involved 40 women – myself included – attempting to break the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest hockey game ever played – 10 days of non-stop hockey. We’ll probably be playing in 4 and 6 hour shifts, with 4 hour breaks in between for sleeping/eating. As I’m sure you can imagine, this is a *huge* undertaking and we are going to need tonnes of volunteers to support us as we are not allowed to leave the facility for the duration of the game. Plus, of course, we want as many people to donate as possible and are looking for both individual donations and big sponsors (and people can sponsor a day, a player, our food, etc.). And the goal of the event is to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis

Not surprisingly, in preparing for this undertaking, my friend Beth read about Eva Markvoort (whom you may remember from the 65 Red Roses documentary), and it’s only fitting that in full-circle mode, I blogged about the recent concert at Massey Theatre in memory of Eva. This is such a great cause.

Beth’s page on the LGH page is here. And she also blogged about it. Hopefully a company will be willing and able to sponsor her project, as I know how much of the success of FNO and all of my events and fundraisers is greatly thanks to the support of donors, supporters and sponsors.