Maroons think pink again

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The Chatham Maroons show off their pink attire, part of Breast Cancer Awareness Night. The Oct. 16 event raised nearly $3,200 for charity.
The Chatham Maroons show off their pink attire, part of Breast Cancer Awareness Night. The Oct. 16 event raised nearly $3,200 for charity.

Thanks to the generosity of their fans, the Chatham Maroons’ annual Breast Cancer Awareness Night was “another huge success.”

That according to Karen Szekesy of the Maroons.

“The $3,171 raised from the auction of the ‘pink’ game jerseys, the raffle of the ‘pink’ hockey items and a donation from the Chatham Maroons Hockey Club will be shared by the Breast Buddies and by the Canadian Cancer Society, Chatham-Kent unit,” said Szekesy of the Oct. 16 evening.

The Szekesy Family donated the special ‘pink’ jerseys.

Members of The Breast Buddies were in attendance for the special pre-game ceremony. They are a group of breast cancer survivors who have taken up dragon boat racing. It is their mission to promote awareness of a quality of life after a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Also participating in the pre-game ceremony was Cindy Vinall, manager of the Chatham-Kent Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Over the past four years, the Maroons’ Breast Cancer Awareness nights have raised more than $13,000.

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