Another Successful Log-A-Load for Kids Charity Hockey Tournament
Children's Miracle Network partner Canadian Woodlands/Log-A-Load raises over $23,000 for kids in Newfoundland
Marilyn Reid, CBPP Woodlands
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Corner Brook Pulp and Paper’s 7th annual Log-A-Load for Kids charity hockey tournament was held on February 4th and 5th at the Tommy Ricketts Arena in Baie Verte. The friendly tournament which is organized by the Company’s Woodlands Department was, by all accounts, a huge success with a total of $23,646.92 raised for the Janeway Children’s Hospital in St John’s.
The 122 players who made up 10 teams participating in the event included: Woodlands Department staff members; woodlands, mill, and power plant employees; logging and silviculture contractors; staff from the Provincial Forest Service; and a number of dedicated and supportive recreational hockey players. During the official opening ceremonies for the event, Dave Elms representing the Janeway Children’s Hospital Foundation, Deon Hamlyn (CBPP Woodlands) representing the tournament organizing committee, and Bruce Armstrong (CBPP Woodlands) representing the Canadian Woodlands Forum congratulated everyone involved and thanked them for their ongoing generosity and support for the annual event.
Log-A-Load for Kids, an initiative of the Canadian Woodlands Forum, is a national giving campaign through which loggers and other forest industry people organize fundraising events or make donations to local Children's Miracle Network hospital foundations. In the case of this particular tournament, 100% of all proceeds will go to the Janeway Children’s Hospital.
Staff, contractors, and employees of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands brought the Log-A-Load for Kids program to Newfoundland in 2001. Since then, through the annual hockey tournament and other projects, they have raised approximately $223,000 for the Janeway Children’s Hospital. $169,715 of this has been raised through the hockey tournament which is, by far, the largest fund raising event.
Although the Province’s children are the ultimate winners, the tournament championship goes to the team that raises the most money. This year’s champions, with contributions totaling $5,275.05, was a team of staff members from the Woodlands Department. Prizes were also awarded to the top individual fundraisers and this year’s overall winner in that category was Trevor Kinden of the Woodlands staff who raised $1,058.
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