Firefighters compete on the ice to raise money for child burn victims
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Nine teams of firefighters laced up their skates to not only compete for a title but raise money for a great cause on Saturday.
Nine teams of firefighters laced up their skates to not only compete for a title but raise money for a great cause on Saturday.
The JimmyLou Charity Hockey Tournament is in memory of two prominent members of the Alvinston community who died in 2017.
“Jimmy and Mary Louise Hayter were pillars in this community, everybody knew them,” said Captain Paul Mahovolich, Alvinston Fire Rescue.
Jim Hayter was the community’s deputy mayor and served as fire chief for 15 years. He passed away in a crash just two weeks after his wife Mary Louise was a registered nurse’s assistant and educational assistant passed away.
“Eight years ago we had a tragedy in this community and we decided to make something really good of it,” said Deputy Chief Kris Redick of Brooke-Alvinston Fire Rescue.
“We started this charity tournament in their name and over these eight years we’re just surpassing $80,000 raised. The majority of our funding goes to Camp Bucko which is a burn camp for kids.”
Over the past eight years, they’ve sent more than 75 kids to camp with the money raised.
