LONDON KNIGHTS HOCKEY CLUB IN THE COMMUNITY

LONDON KNIGHTS COMMUNITY CORNER

PLAYER APPEARANCES

The London Knights Hockey Club and its players are very supportive of the community and throughout the season make many appearances to assist charitable organizations with their events in London . Please be aware that Knights players time is limited and some events may interfere with school and player activities. To make a request for a Knights Player to attend your community event please contact Geoff Hare at ghare@londonknights.com .

HOSPITAL VISITS

The London Knights Hockey Club and its players schedule visits to the local Children's Hospital throughout the season. Each season members of the London Knights visit the Children's Hospital in a program coordinated between London Health Sciences and Jim McKellar of the London Knights. Jim McKellar along with 2 members of the team make approximately 2 visits per month during the season to visit and speak to kids and their families at the Children's Hospital here in London . This past season Josh Beaulieu and Ryan Martinelli visited over 200 children and their families during these visits. During each visit Josh, Ryan and Jim would spend 2 hours between 10:00-12:00 Noon on Tuesday's and Wednesday's visiting and chatting with youngsters. In past season's London Knights players Danny Richmond, Gerald Coleman, Rob Schremp and Dylan Hunter took part in this program. The London Knights will be choosing 2 new ambassadors this fall to make the visits.

LONDON KNIGHTS CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT

Each summer the London Knights Hockey Club partners with a local charity to put on their annual London Knights Charity Golf Tournament. Over the past 5 years the London Knights Golf Tournament has raised over $ 100,000 for local charities. This year the London Knights Charity Golf Tournament was held on Friday, August 17 th , 2007 at Forest City National Golf Course in London . This year's event benefited Braz for the Cause. This partnership will provide much needed short term financial assistance to women and men in need living with breast cancer and receiving treatment at the London Regional Cancer Centre. Former London Knights such as Rick Nash and Corey Perry along with 30 other former Knights took part in the exciting day at Forest City . Over 200 golfers took part and helped raise $ 30,000 for Bras for the Cause.

SCHOOL VISITS

LONDON KNIGHTS SCHOOL VISITS

The London Knights are proud to partner with the John Labatt Centre in helping get the message about teamwork, setting goals, bullying and the importance of education out to area students. On Tuesdays and Wednesday's each week the London Knights make 2 appearances per day at local area Elementary Schools to assist teachers with getting their messages out to students.

2 Players from the London Knights speak to the entire school at a prearranged assembly to help the students gain a better understanding of how important education is. If you are interested in having a player visit your childs school please have your principal contact the London Knights at info@londonknights.com to schedule a visit.

Dates and tim es for availability are limited and all requests are not guaranteed to be filled.

Here are some of the schools the London Knights visited during the 2006-2007 seasson.

BELL CAPTAINS CLINIC

Bell Captains Clinics are a skills-based grassroots hockey program targeted at 9 to 12 year old minor hockey players and their parents across Canada (minor atom, atom, minor peewee and peewee players are the core focus of the program). Bell Captains Clinics promote fundamental player skill development in a fun and challenging setting, while focusing on skating, agility, puck control, shooting and passing accuracy.

The program is executed by top Junior players in various cities where players will demonstrate and coach on-ice skills during a short clinic as part of the participating minor hockey team's regular practice time.

To get your team's name in the draw for the Knights to come to your practice send and e-mail to Geoff Hare at ghare@londonknights.com

LONDON KNIGHTS DONATIONS

The London Knights Hockey Club are committed to assisting charitable organizations throughout the London and immediate area raise much-needed funds by providing auction items for events. In keeping with our goals we wish to donate to organizations that benefit youth hockey, health and medical charities, and services provided to children and families.

The London Knights Hockey Club Donation Request Policy is as follows:

• Donation requests need to be received on official organization letterhead.
• All donation requests must be received at least 4 weeks prior to the date of the event.
• Requests must include the event information including the name of the beneficiary, the date of the event, the time and location of the event and the requested donation item. Requested items are not guaranteed.
• Donation request letters must include a contact name and phone number.

Due to the high volume of donation request letters received daily, we ask that you only send one donation letter per event.

Approximately two weeks prior to your event, the London Knights Hockey Club will contact you with either a donation for the event or a “No” indicating that we were unable to contribute.

Due to the high volume of requests we receive, the London Knights cannot guarantee that a donation will be sent to every organization. We regret that we cannot donate to every request that we receive.

All donation requests must be submitted via mail or email or fax. Send these requests to:

Donation Request - Community Relations
London Knights
99 Dundas Street
London , Ontario
N6A 6K1

*Email donation requests may be send to info@londonknights.com or fax to 519-668-7291. Follow up on all requests must be made to 519-681-0800 ext. 6441.