NEWS RELEASE
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY
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Pink hospice
Tracy Holt (front, third from left), director of Hospice of the EUP, accepts the first of three installments to total $25,000 from Lake Superior State University's annual Pink in the Rink hockey benefit.
The fourth annual benefit weekend took place when Laker hockey hosted Northern Michigan University December 9-10.
The Lakers traditionally play in custom pink jerseys, such as Holt is wearing in this photo.
About $25,000 was raised from raffles for prizes donated by local vendors and through sales of "Pink in the Rink" t-shirts, pink popcorn and chocolate chip cookies, and commemorative team photos.
Other area support programs for women and girls benefited from the event, also.
The three-year commitment to Hospice of the EUP will be used to help fund Hospice House, a $900,000 five-bed, home-environment style house in Sault Ste. Marie that will provide hospice services for families in Chippewa, Luce and Mackinac counties.
PHOTO CAPTION: Front row, left to right: Howard Ledergerber and Dorothy Kavanagh (Soo BlueLiners); Tracy Holt; senior Laker hockey players Kyle Haines and Fred Cassiani; Pink in the Rink steering committee members Erin Bachand, Yolanda Wilhelms, and LSSU's Melissa McLain. Back row, from left: are senior Laker hockey players Brian Cooper and Kyle Probur; Pink in the Rink steering committee members Ramsey A've, Tom Sherman, Scott Korb, Julia Roque, Stacey Swanson, Kristin Arend, and LSSU Head Hockey Coach Jim Roque. (Photo by John Shibley)
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