Officials from the Hershey Bears will travel down for the event, and Caps’ reps, too, will be on hand. We’ll have Wilson hockey parents on hand. We heard from Kathy Cox, Executive Director of the Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena, who told us, “Consider us a part of the team to help the Wilson hockey club.”

It promises to be a memorable evening for an eminently worthy cause. Bring some cash, bring your checkbook, bring your thirst. Even Clyde’s is getting into the giving act.

We are working still on an idea to get some technology involved that would allow folks outside of Washington and unable to make it to Clyde’s on the 29th to chip in for the team. We’ll keep you posted on that front.

In the “Without Whom” department: OFB would like to thank Clyde’s of Gallery Place for generously offering to host the event. Many thanks also go to Shmee of Capital Addiction, whose event-organizing expertise was invaluable to this endeavor. Eric McErlain of Off Wing Opinion offered valuable fundraiser guidance. Our friend Peerless spent hours gathering and editing images and artwork. All of the bloggers involved have been generous and supportive.

And certainly we could not pull off this kind of event absent the support of two very community-oriented hockey organizations, the Washington Capitals and the Hershey Bears.

Update: For those readers not in the DC area who cannot attend but still wish to help, the link to donate online via Paypal to the Wilson High Hockey Team can be found in this post as well as at the OFB right hand navigation bar until the end of March.

This event is sponsored by your friendly neighborhood Capitals blogs; we’re looking forward to seeing all of you on the 29th!

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22 Comments

  1. hockeygrl76 wrote:

    Sounds fun! Count me in!

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 8:44 am | Permalink
  2. PureAgression wrote:

    Have a great time at Clyde’s. I’ll be at The Rock in my Ovechkin sweater for that game. Any way to make an online donation?

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 9:45 am | Permalink
  3. pucksandbooks wrote:

    Aggressive Donator: Hold on to that marvelous charitable thought. We’re gonna work on that revenue avenue in the coming week.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 9:56 am | Permalink
  4. SovSport wrote:

    What an awesome initiative!

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:21 am | Permalink
  5. The Peerless wrote:

    And the logo arrangement looks a lot better than the #@$& we put together…

    :-)

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:23 am | Permalink
  6. Bob wrote:

    Go Wilson hockey. Keep up the good work!

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink
  7. Meza wrote:

    Count me there with the checkbook. This is an awesome event. Congratulations to all of the sponoring organizations for caring so much about the community.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:33 am | Permalink
  8. OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) wrote:

    What better way to spend the “bonus day” of 2008? :) Looking forward to seeing you all there.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:37 am | Permalink
  9. Doug wrote:

    My wife and I will attend. Looking forward to it !!

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:39 am | Permalink
  10. pepper wrote:

    I would also be interested in participating from out of town as well.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:51 am | Permalink
  11. dmg wrote:

    I’m in the same boat as Pepper, I can’t make it since I live far outside the DC area. Any way to do that?

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:57 am | Permalink
  12. OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) wrote:

    As Pucks said, we’re working on a way for out-of-town supporters to contribute to the team. Thank you all for the support, and we’ll post more “remote donation” information as it’s available.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:59 am | Permalink
  13. Paul wrote:

    Wish I could be there. Stuck in Maine for most of the year these days. Need more hockey in the area.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 11:04 am | Permalink
  14. Thunderweenie wrote:

    I think I win the prize for being furthest from DC, but I extend my moral support. School teams are the heart and soul of any sport, and certainly are its future.

    Let me know if “remote donations” are possible.

    I guess OrderedChaos will have to drink my puck-sodas for me. :-(

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 12:10 pm | Permalink
  15. Scott wrote:

    Definitely work on the online donation…I’d like to send them a few bucks.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 1:08 pm | Permalink
  16. OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) wrote:

    @Thunderweenie
    Ow, stop twisting my arm, you fiend!

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 1:51 pm | Permalink
  17. Grooven wrote:

    I’m planning on being there. I’ll try to get ahold of some of my long ago fellow Tigers too.

    Friday, February 15, 2008 at 5:47 pm | Permalink
  18. Chris P. wrote:

    John, You know I’ll be there. I’m excited to be representing the BEARS as they will be making a long plane flight from Manitoba to Hamilton. You guys are to be commended for undertaking such a project to help a team in need. Im glad that I was asked to take part in such an event.

    Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 12:18 pm | Permalink
  19. Jimmy Jazz wrote:

    Count me in. I didn’t even know Wilson had a team. Sweet.

    Monday, February 18, 2008 at 2:50 pm | Permalink
  20. Brian wrote:

    OFB,

    Thanks for bringing this to everyone’s attention. Got the news through Japers and would like to contribute online. When you get info for the online donations, would you post a new/updated entry so my RSS reader will ping me?

    Thanks!

    Monday, February 25, 2008 at 3:01 pm | Permalink
  21. Kristen wrote:

    I can’t make it, but I would love to have a Paypal link or sumpin to donate.

    Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 9:40 am | Permalink
  22. Gustafsson wrote:

    A PayPal donation link can be found at this link:
    http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2008/02/27/woodrow-wilson-high-school-hockey-online-donations/
    and on the right hand navigation for the next month or two.

    Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 9:55 am | Permalink

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