Please join us in helping our friends on the Mighty Penguins Sled Hockey team.  The partnership between our Pens Elite teams and the Mighty Penguins has been amazing to watch develop this past season.  In addition to having Paralympic gold medal winner Dan McCoy speak to every team, many of our teams were able to hit the ice in sleds and scrimmage the Mighty Pens.  By engaging with athletes who play the game only slightly differently, our youth hockey players had a tremendous opportunity to learn so many valuable lessons like empathy, compassion and respect for those who have real struggles to overcome. 

Our Pens Elite family has an opportunity to give back to them by supporting our PPE initiative “Skates for the Greats”.  During tryout season, please consider donating unused or outgrown skates in good condition to the Mighty Penguins Sled Hockey team.  Many of the Mighty Pens athletes wear tennis shoes on the ice, but they need the protection that a skate provides.  The cost of a pair of skates that will need to have the blades removed discourages many of the Mighty Pens families from purchasing skates to protect their player properly.  Let’s clean out our basements and garages and get our Mighty Pens friends the equipment they need!  

All skate sizes are needed and appreciated!  Skates donated will be cleaned by a volunteer group of Pens Elite players who have arranged to have Pure Hockey on Neville Island remove the blades at no charge.  Skates will be distributed to the Mighty Pens players in June in anticipation of their 2016-17 season!

Any questions, please contact:

Brian Ferris @  bferris1211@yahoo.com

Michele Humphreys @ michele.humphreys@penguinssledhockey.org, 412.759.6390