Mark your calendars for an opportunity to throw your support behind a local hockey team while also supporting a beary good cause.
This year’s Teddy Bear Toss is set for 8 p.m. on Dec. 8 at Veterans Memorial Sports Complex while the Stonewall Jets face the St. Boniface Riels.
The initiative serves a double purpose — to encourage community members to fill the stands and cheer on Stonewall’s Manitoba Major Junior Hockey team while also gathering brand new teddy bears for the local Christmas Cheer Board.
After the Jets score their first goal, fans will have the chance to throw new teddy bears onto the ice. Then one of the U11 boys’ teams will collect the bears, which provides them with a fun way to be part of the action.
All the teddy bears will be donated to the local Cheer Board to be included in hampers for families in need. The event usually brings in about 100 new teddy bears for the cause.
The Jets organization is also selling Chuck a Puck with 50 per cent of the proceeds being donated to the Interlake Food Bank, while one lucky puck thrower will win the other half of proceeds.
“We are hoping to sell 300 pucks at $10 each or 3 for $20. If we sell all 300 pucks, its a minimum of a $1,000 donation to the Food Bank and some extra cash for the lucky winner,” said organizer Lana Meier.
There will be raffle tickets sold for a Winnipeg Jets Mark Scheifele jersey to be drawn that night.
Donations of non-perishable food items will also be accepted for the Interlake Food Bank.
