This weekend is a big one for USA hockey: it’s the annual Hockey Across America when USA Hockey stimulates interest in the sport, from youth to professional levels. With the Vancouver Olympics a mere two weeks away, there’s palpable excitement about hockey around the world. Next week also brings the beginning [...]
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Everybody Skates NJ
Jon Schwartz, head coach of the NJ Dare Devils hockey program for special needs athletes, is going big time in the Garden State. During “Hockey Across America” weekend, January 29-31, Coach Schwartz and some of his players, junior coaches, and fans, will tour all 54 rinks in New Jersey, raising awareness and building [...]
Autism Speaks and the Disney Marathons
Autism Speaks, an organization that promotes awareness of and action around autism spectrum disorders, has acquired slots in the Disney Marathons held in the Happiest Place On Earth in mid-January. The deal is simple: you sign up for a minimum of $1,500 of fundraising, and you get to run in the marathon that goes through [...]
Inaugural Optimism
I am breaking a few self-enforced “work rules” this morning, and I feel no shame or guilt about it. I have the television in my office turned on to watch the inaugural proceedings, sound turned down, but a distraction anyway. I should be preparing for an upcoming conference call, but I’m blogging because [...]
