Newswise — (July 7, 2015; Toronto) -- The Much Music Video Awards (MMVA) boast their celebrity quotient. So does the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). But hockey has its own parade of celebrities, as Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer stages its fifth annual event, and along with 2,000 participants, will host more than 50 celebrities.
Top fundraising teams at the event get the opportunity to draft a celebrity onto their team, and it’ll be difficult to choose. Do you want a Hall of Famer? Then select from Darryl Sittler, Marcel Dionne or Glenn Anderson. Love the Leafs? Pick from Bryan Berard, Mike Johnson or Gary Leeman. Prefer drafting a lady? The choices include Monika Schnarre, Jennifer Botterill and Elizabeth Manley. How about a tough guy? Dave ‘The Hammer’ Schultz, Chris Simon and Shawn Thornton are available. TV personality? Okay, we’ve got Brad May, Glenn Healy and Isaiah Mustafa, the Old Spice Guy. StubHub has generously agreed to sponsor the Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer Celebrity Draft.
Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer is a dawn-to-dusk event taking place at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Saturday, September 26. More than 2,000 participants will take part, with each team playing five games through the course of the day. To keep participants engaged between games, there is great food, beverages, live music, massage therapy and interactive games. Featured attractions also include a mascot game and a team of celebrities facing the top fundraising individuals.
While Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer is so grateful to all of its supporters, The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation’s Chief Hockey Officer, Shawn Burt, recognized the importance of StubHub’s involvement. “Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer is an epic event for an important mission: to conquer cancer in our lifetime, and this fifth year is going to be that much more special. For many of the participants, the celebrity element is the highlight of the event, so we are delighted to welcome StubHub as a partner, sponsoring the Celebrity Draft.”
“We are extremely proud to partner with this great organization and support their vision of conquering cancer in our lifetime,” said Jeff Poirier, StubHub Canada Country Manager. “Through our involvement in the Celebrity Draft, we are committed to increasing awareness and driving participation to reach the event’s fundraising goals, while providing team members with an experience they’ll never forget – as celebrities and fans unite to make cancer history.”
2015 is Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer’s milestone fifth year, and through the first four years, the event has raised more than $9 million for Personalized Cancer Medicine at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world. To commemorate the fifth year of this outstanding event, The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation is confident that two world records will be achieved: largest number of participants in a one-day fundraising road hockey event as well as greatest amount of money raised by a one-day fundraising road hockey event.
To see the most updated list of celebrities involved in the 2015 Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer, to register your team or for more information, visit www.teamuptoconquercancer.ca or call 877-541-4646.
About The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation at University Health Network is raising funds to lead the way in Personalized Cancer Medicine at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world, which includes The Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute and The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research. www.thepmcf.ca, twitter.com/ThePMCF, Facebook.com/thePMCF, YouTube.com/user/PrincessMargaretHF or Instagram.com/thepmcf
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