Hockey and Haiti

Hockey and Haiti
For Immediate Release

ORONO- A Haitian earthquake relief group is looking to the ice for assistance. The University of Maine is combining with a local healthcare partnership group in order to raise money for the struggling country after its devastating earthquake. The university is sponsoring a “white out”, in which all students are encouraged to wear white for school support, at the men’s ice hockey game this Saturday. Students will have the opportunity to make lots of noise, support their team, and raise money for the earthquake response efforts in Haiti.
During the game, raffle tickets will be sold for a drawing which will include numerous prizes. The major draw of the raffle is a UMaine hockey jersey, autographed by all the players. Raffle participants will also have the chance to win gift cards to local restaurants and bars. Tickets for the drawing will be sold for $5 for the first ticket, and $1 for each following ticket. All proceeds from the raffle will go directly to Konbit Sante, a Maine based volunteer partnership with the goal of helping to care for the Haitian community.
Konbit Sante, based out of Portland, ME, works with the Haitian Ministry of Health in order to better the health care system in Haiti. The group has been involved with teaching nursing, pediatrics, internal medicine, urology, as well as many other health areas. With the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, Konbit Sante is working extra in order to clean up and reestablish normalcy in the troubled country.
The Black Bears look to get their season back on track, after suffering two tough losses against conference rival Boston University. They will be taking on the Minutemen of UMass-Lowell Saturday, in the second of a two game series kicking off Friday night. The Black Bears are led by Gustav Nyquist who has 14 goals and 28 assists, for a total of 42 points on the season. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7 p.m. for both games.
To learn more about Konbit Sante, please visit their website at http://www.konbitsante.org/.