This weekend I attended the NHL All-Star game in Atlanta and was impressed to learn about the Hockey Fights Cancer program.
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According to the Hockey Fights Cancer website, the organization has raised over $6 million to support cancer research through fund-raising initiatives such as the annual Hockey Fights Cancer On-Line Charity Auction.
If you want to help in the fight against cancer and score some cool hockey merchandise at the same time, this is a great way to go. More info here.
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Yay for you! Was it your first hockey game?
Sadly, cancer and hockey have some pretty close ties- probably no more than the regular population but some major hockey starts have had cancer- notably Mario Lemieux with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and now Saku Koivu with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphona. And others as well. The good thing that comes out of it is the raised aawreness and the research dollars generated.
Hi Homie Bear,
Yes indeed it was and I had a blast. I wasn't aware of the sad history of this disease in hockey. Thanks for the information.
I think your blog is great and there is way too little blogging about science in the black blog-o-sphere (Afrospear). I've tried several times to get some of the popular black blog directories to include more black science blogger like you. https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6152307338772205194&postID=519…
Maybe you should drop them a line or two, too.
Dear DNLee,
Thank you for encouraging the inclusion of more science blogs in the black blog directories and for highlighting my blog.
You also have quite a nice science blog :)
Take care.
Karen
Thanks for all.The good thing that comes out of it is the raised awreness and the research dollars generated.