Stretch run for Hitmen’s anniversary gift to community
Posted Feb 19, 2020 12:43 pm.
Last Updated Feb 19, 2020 12:46 pm.
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CALGARY (660 NEWS) — The Calgary Hitmen’s regular season is drawing to a close, and so is a special charity initiative celebrating the club’s 25th anniversary.
Submissions for The Hitmen Pledge close mid-March. Over 11,000 volunteer hours have been tabulated so far, with the team aiming for a total goal of 25,000 hours in Calgary and surrounding communities.
The volunteer hours include coaching, serving at a soup kitchen, donating blood, shovelling your neighbour’s walk — anything to share your time with others.
For every 25 hours donated, volunteers receive an entry to the $25,000 draw to be gifted to a charity in southern Alberta. The winner will be picked Sunday, March 22, during the Hitmen’s regular-season finale.
Fourteen games remain in the regular season for the Hitmen.
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Calgary’s five-game B.C. road trip continues Wednesday night against the Victoria Royals. The Hitmen hold the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, six points up on the Saskatoon Blades.
