During their visit, they will stock up a newly-built community arena with more than 75 pairs of skates so that more local children can learn to play. Equipment donations for this purpose – even from former rival high school hockey team members – have poured in. And due to the generosity of a private pilot from Burlington, Ontario, a first shipment of 500 lbs of hockey gear has already been taken on the six-hour journey directly to the Weagamow airport.
Uxbridge Baptist Church has lent their support to this Hope Through Hockey endeavour by providing administrative oversight for the trip. For the past several years, the church has sent missions teams to remote First Nations communities, and offered to share their travel and logistics expertise with the Hope Through Hockey group.
Weagamow has been described as a community beset by poverty, addiction and suicide. But Uxbridge Baptist Church and the members of the Hope Through Hockey team believe that events such as this can foster collaboration and instil a new sense purpose in the next generation. The reunited Tigers look forward to helping others experience the sense of accomplishment that comes through learning and applying newly-developed skills both on and off the ice.
the project, take inventory of the array of equipment donated for the trip north.
