BEMIDJI 鈥� The Bemidji High 歪歪漫画 girls and boys hockey teams鈥� home games this weekend are going to be a bit more special than the rest.
The Lumberjacks are hosting a Minnesota Hockey Fights Cancer event at Saturday afternoon鈥檚 doubleheader, raising money for those battling the disease and honoring those who have fought or continue their fight.
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鈥淓verybody has had a life that鈥檚 touched by this,鈥� said Andrea Brodina, one of the lead organizers of the event. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not hard each year to find somebody, and it鈥檚 people who you didn鈥檛 even know. 鈥� We want to support the people that are succeeding and the people that are in their journey and all of those things.鈥�
The girls will take on Cloquet/Esko/Carlton at noon, followed by a 2 p.m. matchup between the BHS boys and St. Cloud.
The event will include raffles for items donated by local businesses, the sale of promotional items such as pom poms and stickers and a chuck-a-puck event.
In addition, Bemidji has opened an auction for , which have been and will be used for pregame warmups.
Most of the proceeds for the event will go towards the Sanford Joe Lueken Cancer Center, specifically to help create pediatric cancer treatment rooms. The money raised from chuck-a-puck will be given to an honored guest, Paxton Miller, and his family.
Previous iterations of Bemidji鈥檚 Minnesota Hockey Fights Cancer event have individually raised between $8,000 and $9,000.
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