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2012 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liza Sacheli Lloyd 802.443.3169
13th Annual "Face Off Against Breast Cancer" to Be Held in Middlebury January 21 and 22, 2012
Theme for 2012 Tournament Is "Plus 12"
Middlebury, VT—The Middlebury Otters and the Middlebury Mystix, two women’s community ice hockey teams, proudly host the 13th annual “Face Off Against Breast Cancer” hockey tournament on Saturday and Sunday, January 21 and 22, 2012, at the Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury.
The tournament brings twelve women’s hockey teams from all over Vermont, competing in games in competitive, recreational, and novice divisions. There’s even a “Friends and Family” division for men, kids, and co-ed groups. Ongoing hospitality and refreshments will be served in the Warming Hut. Visiting teams include: Burlington Ice Breakers, Green Mountain Thunder, Burlington Tsunamis, Waterbury Wicked, Rutland Cutting Edge, Burlington Black Ice, Barre 32 Degrees, Burlington Evolution, and the Manchester Rusty Blades.
Last year’s Face Off Against Breast Cancer tournament raised over $60,000, and the Otters and Mystix are hoping to break that record in 2012. The fundraising goal for 2012 is $72,000. The theme for this year’s event is “Plus 12”—because this is the year 2012, and because the teams hope to raise $12,000 more than last year’s total. In keeping with the theme, players will ask 12 more people to sponsor them—or to consider an extra $12 donation. In every hockey game, there are 12 players on the ice. This year, at the Face Off Against Breast Cancer, those 12 women will be playing for a common goal.
Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Cancer Patient Support Program’s (CPSP) patient services and emergency fund, and are earmarked for breast cancer patients. Patient services at CPSP include counseling and nutritional support, both vital to patient healing. The Emergency Fund provides short-term, emergency financial relief to local patients in need. This important program addresses the hidden impacts that cancer can have on families: those who, because of cancer, have lost their jobs and may lose their car or home because they are in treatment; those who are too sick to work, or who have soaring medical expenses and limited co-pays; or those who have no insurance coverage at all. All services offered by CPSP are provided free of charge.
The Tournament weekend includes a fun-filled benefit concert and after-party on Saturday night, January 21 from 9 pm to 1 am. Local favorites “The Horse Traders” will play covers and original rock tunes at Two Brothers’ Tavern on Main Street in downtown Middlebury. The Horse Traders and Two Brothers’ Tavern have generously offered to donate the performance, all the proceeds from the cover charge that night, and 10% of all the sales at Two Brothers’ upstairs restaurant and downstairs lounge to the Face Off Against Breast Cancer.
The tournament was established in 2000, when a member of the Middlebury Otters was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, her survivor story is now a success. The need for support continues, however: One in eight women will face a breast cancer diagnosis in her lifetime. the American Cancer Society estimates that over 288,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011—nearly 465 in Vermont alone. Both the Otters and Mystix have included breast cancer survivors on their rosters.
Members of the team are requesting support in the form of individual player sponsorships online at www.faceoffagainstbreastcancer.org, as well as business sponsorships in the amounts of $25-1,500. Donations may be sent to the Cancer Patient Support Program (CPSP), c/o Face Off Against Breast Cancer/Cathy Chase, P.O Box 27, Middlebury, VT 05753; or contact the tournament co-chairs to support a player near you: Liza Sacheli Lloyd (liza@middlebury.edu or 802-989-0376); or Cathy Chase (cathychasevt@gmail.com or 802-989-0039). ---end--- Watch an audio slideshow of the 2007 Face Off Against Breast Cancer, courtesy of Peter Huoppi and the Burlington Free Press: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/legacy/slideshows/012307hockey/index.shtml |
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