Mike Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 My son Michael has a very close friend with autism, his name is Dylan Benanti. The kid looooves hockey. He is our equipment manager for this season. He brings the sticks, pucks, water bottles, etc ... to the bench before and after games. The kids love him, and have embraced him as a teammate. The boys have Autism Speaks patches on their jerseys, and we as the coaching staff have them on our game jackets. We're hosting an Autism Awareness Day on November 20th at the Ice House in Hackensack NJ from 10am-2pm. We'll have tables set up for donations, 50/50 raffles, and a silent auction with many different things to bid on from various professional teams, athletes, and other celebrities. All proceeds from our event will be donated by the North Jersey Avalanche in Dylan's name to the Autism Speaks Foundation. My son also has an autistic girl in his class, her name is Jodi DiPiazza. She will be singing the national anthem before our game that day. She is absolutely amazing. You can google her name, as she sang on tv with Katy Perry. We're also having Dylan do a ceremonial puck drop. We're very excited about the event. Thank you for anything you can contribute to our special day. Our boys will also take turns assisting in the Special Needs Hockey Program at the IH. Their clinics are on Saturday mornings at 10am. Please contact the Ice House Hockey Department for more info. Location: Ice House - Rink 2 Game time: 10:15 AM vs. LI Gulls The official press release can be found at http://www.njavalanche.pointstreaksites.com/view/njavalanche Below is the link for donations to the walk which I believe will be held in May. https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1151840&lis=1&kntae1151840=9326E78A32694BDD8D2979C75E049605&supId=440124889&team=6858252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Donation link is broken. Take out that extra http:// at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Thanks Philly ... Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddynyc Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Is Dan May and Glenn (forget his last name) Carllogh (?) still running the travels teams? My son played at the Ice House for 4 years and we moved and then he played for the Devils youth out of West Orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Is Dan May and Glenn (forget his last name) Carllogh (?) still running the travels teams? My son played at the Ice House for 4 years and we moved and then he played for the Devils youth out of West Orange. Dan has always been the Avs President. Glenn ran the mite programs, tournaments, and was a coach. My son played for Glenn for 2 years when he was a squirt. Glenn left this year to open his own business. Dan's oldest son is Michael's head coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddynyc Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 ^ Good luck with your season. OH THE MILES we have/had to travel and my parents thought I was crazy with co$t and time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 ^ Good luck with your season. OH THE MILES we have/had to travel and my parents thought I was crazy with co$t and time. I'm so sick of the traveling. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Bump because the event is Sunday. Also, here's a list of a few items for sale at our auction: * NHL hat signed by Tavares * Puck signed by Ovechkin * Ryan McDonagh signed jersey * Auston Matthews signed jersey - thank you Shanny * 2 game worn jerseys from the Fairbanks IceDogs National Championship + hat - thank you Puckhead * 2 tickets to Giants / Cowboys * 2 tickets to Giants / Lions * 4 lift tickets to Mountain Creek Resort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Bump cause I also intended on donating, but never did. And now my bank account has 6 dollars in it. FUCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Bump cause I also intended on donating, but never did. And now my bank account has 6 dollars in it. FUCK. You have 6 days. Sell that ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Got my work cut out for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 The day was a huge success. We raised over $6000. Here's clips of the ceremonial puck drop and national anthem. https://youtu.be/QUth7FIqUZE https://youtu.be/bbJBJYALVEY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseCrusader91 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 The day was a huge success. We raised over $6000. Here's clips of the ceremonial puck drop and national anthem. https://youtu.be/QUth7FIqUZE https://youtu.be/bbJBJYALVEY Awesome stuff Mikey. A.S. is really a great group to work with. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Awesome stuff Mikey. A.S. is really a great group to work with. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk I gotta be honest .... the Autism Speaks people never responded to us after they provided us with the link for donations. No rep showed up or anything. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseCrusader91 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I gotta be honest .... the Autism Speaks people never responded to us after they provided us with the link for donations. No rep showed up or anything. Weird. That's strange. We have run a point of sale campaign once a year since 2013 and they have been great. Regardless, great to help out those who need it. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 That's strange. We have run a point of sale campaign once a year since 2013 and they have been great. Regardless, great to help out those who need it. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk What state and office did you use ? We used Princeton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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