Four Seattle Thunderbirds hockey players, an assistant coach and team mascot Cool Bird are helping to raise funds for the American Cancer Society through the Kent Relay for Life.
Players Shea Theodore, Justin Hickman, Jerret Smith and Taylor Green as well as assistant coach Tyler Alos have teamed up with the Thunderbirds Community Sports Foundation in support of the May 31 and June 1 relay at French Field, according to the T-Birds website.
Alos has challenged the four players and Cool Bird to raise more money than the $1,350 he raised last year at Relay for Life.
Fans can support the team member of their choice by making a donation on the website of each participant taking part in the challenge. Or fans can come to the relay and make a monetary donation to the T-Birds team.
The Kent Relay for Life starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 31. The T-Birds contingent and Cool Bird will be running the track at the start of the Relay For Life.
Anyone interested in being an active member of the Seattle Thunderbirds Relay for Life team and would like to join them in walking the track at French Field should register on the Relay For Life website.
The T-Birds are encouraging fans to come out to the field and help support the T-Birds team with their cheers and enthusiasm. Come have your picture taken with the Thunderbird team and make a donation to support cancer research.
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At the relay, teams of people camp out and take turns walking or running around a track.
The Relay for Life began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since then, the event has grown into the world’s largest movement to end the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the United States, along with additional communities in 20 other countries, gather raise money for cancer research.
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