St. Pat's Charity Game a Success
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
St. Pat's
principal and Teacher's Team
Captain Rob Cicchelli facing off
against Student Team Captain
Logan Scott with
Ian Scott, Christine Scott,
Taylor Scott and teacher Blake
Morrison during the ceremonial
puck drop.
The St. Pat's charity hockey
game between the teachers and
boys hockey team last Friday was
a huge success - it exceeded the
schools wildest expectations.
The game was in
honour of grade 10 student
Taylor Scott from Point Edward
who was diagnosed with cancer
late last year. Taylor’s
brother Logan who is a member of
the boys hockey team was
supported by his teammates who
wanted to do something to
support Logan and they came up
with the idea of the
student/teacher hockey
challenge.
The organizing team initially
thought they might have between
100-200 students at the charity
game and raise a few hundred
dollars for their efforts,
however the team was happy to
announce that they had over 500
in attendance comprised of
students and members of the
general public that came out to
support the cause. As of last
Wednesday the school has raised
over $5,000.00 for the charity.
To raise funds the students had
to pay $5.00 to get out of
school early to attend. The
school also received donations
from local business’s and
several firemen from the fire
station next door stop by and
presented Taylor’s dad, Ian with
an envelope donating to the
cause.
During Taylor’s treatments the
family has used the Ronald
McDonald House facility in
London. The Scott family asked
that the monies raised from the
charity event be donated to the
Ronald McDonald House.
“We felt so at home, it's a home
away from home.” Taylor’s mom
Christine said “A place where
families come together and come
for one another in conversation.
We all understand each other
because we're all going through
the same thing with a child
that's ill. They provide
everything from when you walk in
the door.”
The Ronald McDonald house
provides warm meals, shower
facilities and during the
Christmas season Christine said
they provided Christmas gifts
because families don’t have time
to shop.
“They just make things so
comforting there,” she said.
“They just take care of the kids
and the families. It's very
difficult to explain, but it's
an amazing place. If we can
allow other families to stay
there for as long as they need
to, we've done a good thing.”
And the outcome of the
game.......
To the delight of
fans in the stands the students
took the win with a final score
of 2 - 1. After regulation
time the score was tied at 1 - 1
that sent the game into
overtime. In the overtime
with 2:11 remaining the students
scored to win the first annual
charity game and the student
team was presented with a
trophy.