Breast cancer survivor Margie Burness speaks at the Trenton Golden Hawks Pink in the Rink event Friday night. (Photo: Tim Durkin/Quinte News)
The Trenton Golden Hawks and the Canadian Cancer Society united once again for a special cause Friday night.
The team’s fifth annual Pink in the Rink event saw $8,900 raised through the generous donations of hockey fans at the Duncan McDonald Memorial Gardens. That money will go towards women’s cancer research.
Trenton Golden Hawks fans get set to bid on their favourite jerseys at a silent auction at Pink in the Rink Friday night. (Photo: Tim Durkin/Quinte News)
The Golden Hawks wore pink jerseys that were bid on in a silent auction during the game. Giving them some assistance was the Quinte Red Devils Peewee AAA team – who netted over $8,500 at their own Pink in the Rink event – acting as flag bearers before the game and passing donation buckets around the crowd.
Also as part of the pre-game ceremony, breast cancer survivor Margie Burness spoke to those in attendance about her personal story with battling the disease and overcoming adversity associated with it.
Members of the Bonn Law Quinte Red Devils Peewee AAA team – who raised over $8,500 for their own Pink in the Rink event – helped assist the Golden Hawks in their fifth annual event as flag-bearers. They also collected money through a bucket campaign during the game. (Photo: Tim Durkin/Quinte News)
Jessica Klein, Community Fundraising Specialist for the Canadian Cancer Society Hastings and Prince Edward, says they’ve been amazed at the community support for the event year after year, along with the Golden Hawks partnership.
The entire Quinte region came out as winners on the evening, despite the hometown Golden Hawks coming out on the wrong end of an 8-2 score against the arch-rival Wellington Dukes.
