RSS Updates for the CHC
- One month until Shot for Loot January 26, 2012
- Pick-A-Stick raises more than $18,000 January 17, 2012
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Congratulations Bridget and Chris
Today, Charity Hockey Committee Member, friend, and all around gentleman Chris Yoko will be getting married to his long time significant other Bridget Grant in Arlington. On behalf of the Committee, congratulations and we wish you and your bride all the best for years to come.
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HBO’s 24/7 Penguins/Capitals: The Road to the NHL Winter Classic DVD Release
The Washington Capitals will host a launch event at Verizon Center on Dec. 1 for the release of HBO’s “24/7 Penguins/Capitals: The Road to the NHL Winter Classic” DVD. The Verizon Center Team Store will be the first place that will offer the DVD on sale at a special event that will take place prior to the Capitals game vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, Dec. 1.
The Team Store, located at the F Street entrance of Verizon Center, will open its doors at 4 p.m. on Dec. 1 and the first 50 copies sold will all include Owner Ted Leonsis’ autograph; the next 50 people to purchase the “24/7” DVD will received a special gift pack. The DVD will be available at other retailers starting Dec. 6.
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Capitals Blood Drive
This past Saturday, November 5th, the Washington Capitals and Inova Blood Donor Services did it again. With your support, Inova Blood Donor Services was able to collect 685 units of blood, a record for the Washington Capitals. Thank you to over 700 fans that attended the drive. Way to Rock the Red caps fans; your donations will affect the lives of nearly 2,000 patients in the greater DC Metro area. Our next blood drive will be held on March 17th so be sure to sign up early as spaces fill up fast!
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All Saint’s Day
All Saints’ Day (in the Roman Catholic Church officially the Solemnity of All Saints and also called All Hallows or Hallowmas[3]), often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honor of all the saints, known and unknown. In the Western calendar it is the day after Halloween and the day before All Souls’ Day.
In Western Christian theology, the day commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven. It is a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries. In the Catholic Church and many Anglican churches, the next day specifically commemorates the departed faithful who have not yet been purified and reached heaven. Christians who celebrate All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day do so in the fundamental belief that there is a prayerful spiritual bond between those in purgatory (the ‘Church Suffering’), those in heaven (the ‘church triumphant’), and the living (the ‘church militant’). Other Christian traditions define, remember and respond to the saints in different ways; for example, in the Methodist Church, the word “saints” refers to all Christians and therefore, on All Saint’s Day, the Church Universal, as well as the deceased members of a local congregation, are honored and remembered.
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Halloween
Halloween (a shortening of All Hallows’ Evening),[5] also known as Hallowe’en or All Hallows’ Eve,[6] is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints’ Day. Much like Day of the Dead celebrations, the Christian feast of All Hallows’ Eve, according to some scholars, incorporates traditions from pagan harvest festivals and festivals honoring the dead, particularly the Celtic Samhain;[6][7][8] other scholars maintain that the feast originated entirely independently of Samhain.[9] Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (also known as “guising”), attending costume parties, carving jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, watching horror films, as well as the religious observances of praying, fasting and attending vigils or church services.
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Hockey Fights Cancer (Washington Capitals)
The Washington Capitals raised $28,225 for the Washington, D.C., chapter of Flashes of Hope through their Hockey Fights Cancer Night on Oct. 22. Flashes of Hope is a nonprofit organization that changes the way children with cancer and other life threatening illnesses see themselves through the gift of photography and raises money for pediatric cancer research. The Washington, D.C., Flashes of Hope chapter is funded by Washington Capitals Charities and based out of Children’s National Medical Center in northwest Washington.
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Curesearch Walk
Join us as we celebrate and honor children from our community who have been affected by pediatric cancer. Every day, 36 children – or one full classroom of students – are diagnosed with cancer. Seven of those children will lose their battle.
Today in at Fairfax Corner, CureSearch Walk will be holding a walk with all proceeds be invested in a collaborative research effort of the Children’s Oncology Group.
To learn more visit, www.curesearchwalk.org/northernva or Kelly Bush at 240-235-2215.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
NBCAM was founded in 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries (now part of AstraZeneca, maker of several anti-breast cancer drugs). The aim of the NBCAM from the start has been to promote mammography as the most effective weapon in the fight against breast cancer.
In 1993 Evelyn Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President of the Estée Lauder Companies founded The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and established the pink ribbon as its symbol, though this was not the first time the ribbon was used to symbolize breast cancer. In the fall of 1991, the Susan G. Komen Foundation had handed out pink ribbons to participants in its New York City race for breast cancer survivors.
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CAA Blood Challenge – 1 Month Away
On Monday November 14th George Mason University will once again compete for the CAA Blood Challenge in hopes of taking the title away from Drexel University, winners of the last 4 years. Last year Mason came in second with over 800 units of blood and are preparing to pull out all the stops on their quest for 1,000 units of blood in a single day. Go Mason Go!
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Columbus Day
Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1906, and became a federal holiday in 1937, though people have celebrated Columbus’ voyage since the colonial period. In 1792, New York City and other U.S. cities celebrated the 300th anniversary of his landing in the New World. President Benjamin Harrison called upon the people of the United States to celebrate Columbus Day on the 400th anniversary of the event. During the four hundredth anniversary, in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians used Columbus Day rituals to teach ideals of patriotism. These patriotic rituals were framed around themes such as support for war, citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and celebrating social progress.
Since 1971, the holiday has been fixed to the second Monday in October,[6] coincidentally the same day as Thanksgiving in neighboring Canada (which was fixed to that date in 1959). It is generally observed nowadays by banks, the bond market, the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies, most state government offices, and some school districts. Some businesses and some stock exchanges remain open, also some states and municipalities abstain from observing the holiday.
