OT Boys in Red Fund Raiser (Hockey Jerseys)

[Bev]

Annette Thibodeau asked me to Post the following
Dear Sir/Madam,

The Acadie Bathurst Titan is presently in full swing with it's fund raising initiative to assist families affected by the tragic road accident of January 12th that took the lives of 7 young athletes from Bathurst High School as well as a that of a teacher from Terry Fox Elementary School. The financial objective from this fund raising effort is $60,000 to $80,000.

Two specific draws have been set up for this initiative:

• Sale of 5000 tickets @ $5.00 for the opportunity to win one of 24 commemorative black BHS Phantoms jerseys worn by the Titan players during their game warm-ups.
  
• Sale of 1000 tickets @ $50.00 for the opportunity to win one of over 100 autographed jerseys from QMJHL and NHL teams. Among others, jerseys from Sidney Crosby, Roberto Luongo, Guy Lafleur, Patrick Roy, Marc-Andre Fleury and Alexander Radulov will be drawn.
  

These draws will be held on Wednesday March 5th as part of a Skills event coordinated with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, The Bathurst High School and Ecole Secondaire Nepisiguit hockey teams.

This being stated we solicit your support via the purchase of tickets for these draws. For further information, we welcome you to contact the members of our fund raising committee:

Secretary/Treasurer
Mr Roch Bois, Caisse Populaire Chaleur 506-546-8620

Ticket Control / Accounting
Andre and Fernande Boudreau 506-548-8338

Solicitors:
Annette Thibodeau 506-546-2755
Irene Theriault 506-546-4774

In thanking you in advance for your support in this cause, I remain,

Yours Truly,

Luc Foulem
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Titan Acadie-Bathurst
Office 506-549-3303
Fax [phone]

[Bev]

kp said:

www.letitan.com/communiques/CommuniquesE.cfm?id=206#


The Acadie-Bathurst Titan has, since January 19th set forth a fundraising campaign to assist the families of the 8 victims of the tragic accident of January 11th. To this end, the Titan had organized two specific draws. The first being the sale of 5000 tickets @ $5.00 for the opportunity to win one of 24 commemorative BHS jerseys worn by the Titan players during the warmup periods of their games on January 19th, 20th, and February 1st. The second draw consisted of selling 200 tickets @ $50.00 for the opportunity to win an autographed NHL All-Star jersey from the 2007 classic. This jersey was provided to us courtesy of Reebok. All the proceeds from these two draws will be equally divided amongst the families of the deceased.

So far, the amounts collected from the games on January 19th and 20th have exceeded $7 000. Since that time more tickets have been sold via the KC Irving Centre box office.

Since the initial announcement, we have received offers for assistance from many in the professional hockey community, and at the same token have made contact with others to look at adding a number of prizes to the second draw. In that context, we have adjusted the parameters of our second draw. To the previously announced prize of the NHL All-Star jersey, you will now find the following autographed jerseys:

• Roberto Luongo – Vancouver Canucks
• Patrick Roy - Colorado Avalanche
• Alexander Radulov – Québec Remparts
• Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins
• 2 jerseys from each team in the QMJHL (home and away) – an initiative from all teams and the QMJHL. Total of 34 jerseys.
• Guy Lafleur – Montreal Canadiens – a donation from M. Léo-Guy Morrissette
• Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus
• UNB Varsity Reds

Added Friday February 1st
• Marc-André Fleury - Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
• George Laraque - Pittsburgh Penguins
• Maxime Talbot - Pittsburgh Penguins
• Kristopher Letang - Pittsburgh Penguins
• Dany Sabourin - Pittsburgh Penguins

Up to now, we have a total of 47 jerseys committed for the draw. We are awaiting news on others and they will be announced on confirmation. Titan owner, Mr. Léo-Guy Morrissette, General Manager M. Sylvain Couturier and team governor Mr. John Greene are actively working in securing more jerseys.

As a result of these prize additions, we will add to the number of tickets available. 1000 tickets @ $50.00 will be made available. For the fans, instead of having 1 chance in 200 to win, they will have at least 8 chances in 200 to win an autographed jersey. Further, the primary objective of collecting funds for the families increases substantially. Instead of seeing the possibility of raising $35 000 to $40 000, we now believe in the possibility of raising $60 000 to $80 000.

To accommodate this, we have pushed the draw date, initially slated for Friday February 1st, to Wednesday March 5th. The Titan, in conjunction with BHS and ESN (schedule permitting), will have its' skills competition. Both series of draws will be held during this evening.

We also remind fans that the receipts of the 50/50 draw from this Friday's game (February 1st vs the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles) will be dedicated to the “Boys in Red” fundraising effort.

Further, discussions have been held with the QMJHL commissioner, Mr. Gilles Courteau, as well as CHL President M. Dave Branch concerning these fundraising efforts. Both at the QMJHL and CHL level, financial initiatives will be implemented shortly to assist in the fund.

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Since the tragic accident of January 11th that cost the lives of 8 people from Bathurst High School, one element that was evident was the strong community spirit in the Chaleur Region. This was all the more evident within both high schools, being Bathurst High School and École secondaire Nepisiguit.

The Titan wishes to contribute in strengthening the ties between both institutions. To this end, we announce today that, for the duration of the 2007-08 season, the Titan will offer to both schools (in particular students involved in sports teams), 24 free tickets per game per school. All these students will be grouped together in one section.

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In conjunction with the fundraising campaign, we also wish to offer moral support to the families of the victims. For this, the Acadie-Bathurst Titan offers to the immediate families (parents, brothers and sisters) free tickets for the duration of the 2007-08 season as well as for the 2008 playoffs.

kp said:

Hey everyone,

We have more confirmations:

Montreal Canadiens:
- Saku Koivu
- Alex Kovalev
- Patrice Brisebois
- Francis Bouillon
- AND 3 or 4 more, with names unconfirmed

Anaheim Ducks:
- François Beauchemin
- Jean-Sébastien Giguere
- AND 2 or 3 more, with names unconfirmed

New York Islanders
- Mike Bossy
- AND More to be confirmed

QMJHL
As an addition to the home-away jersey combos (38 in all), we will also have another individual jersey per team (18 in all), this from their marquee player. In Saint John's case, the confirmed player is Christopher DiDomenico.

Many more jersey announcements are expected within the week...


During the next few games, we will also have announcements for major contributions by a number of organisations. The first will be before Sunday's game against Rimouski on Sunday.


As of tomorrow, fans from outside the Chaleur Region (no direct access to tickets) will have two different methods to purchase tickets:
A) Direct deposits through the Caisse Populaire branches in New Brunswick and Québec
B) Check or money order by mail
Tickets will be either faxed or sent by mail.


We thank everyone for their support, help and work in this effort. This is a major undertaking that requires so much of the mentionned to succeed, especially in such a short timeframe. And things are looking well indeed.

So far, we have surpassed the $15 000 mark. With the purchase methods added, things should really start to move. Again, we thank everyone for helping us make this fundraiser a success.

THANK YOU!!!

kp said:

More confirmations:

Chicago Blackhawks:
- 8 jerseys, including that of forward Martin Lapointe. The other names will be announced on Monday.

[Bev]

Annette advises that she can be reached at her hotmail address:

[e-mail]

[Bev]

Luc missed on of my threads when following up.

kp said:

Hey everyone,

To follow up...

For those who wish to purchase tickets, you may send a cheque or money order to one of the following addresses:

519 Route 322
Ste. Therese South
E8K 2W3

2830 Route 180
South Tetagouche
E2A 4Z3

Make the cheque payable to "Boys in Red Foundation".

Be sure to specify which draw you wish to participate. $5.00 tickets for the BHS commemorative jerseys autographed by the Titan players, or $50.00 tickets for the NHL / QMJHL autographed jerseys. Of note: the number of jerseys increases on a daily basis, so we recommend you keep an eye on the Titan's official website for updates.

For further information, you can contact Annette Thibodeau at [phone] or André and Fernande Boudreau at [phone].

Thank you all!

[Bev]

I was asked to advise everyone that tickets can now be bought online (paypal) at www.boysinred.ca