Hockey Fights Cancer™ is an initiative founded in December 1998 by the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association to raise money and awareness for hockey's most important fight. The Hockey Fights Cancer initiative is supported by the National Hockey League Foundation, the NHL Foundation, players, NHL Member Clubs, NHL Alumni, the NHL Officials' Association, Professional Hockey Trainers and Equipment Managers, corporate marketing partners, broadcast partners and fans throughout North America. To date, the Hockey Fights Cancer programs of the National Hockey League Foundation (in the US) and the NHL Foundation (in Canada), along with NHL supporters and fans, have donated more than $20 million to support the cancer programs of national and local cancer research institutions, children's hospitals, player charities and local charities. For more information about Hockey Fights Cancer, please visit hockeyfightscancer.com.
About Calgary Flames Foundation:
The Calgary Flames Foundation strives to improve the lives of southern Albertans through support of health and wellness, education and grassroots and amateur sports. Since inception the Calgary Flames Foundation has donated over $36 million to southern Alberta charities. In 2006 the Calgary Flames Foundation and Rotary Clubs of Calgary pledged to raise $2.5 million to help build the Rotary Flames House, southern Alberta's first free standing hospice for youth and continue to donate annually. After donating $1 million to help build Camp Kindle with the Kids Cancer Care Foundation, the Flames Foundation and Kids Cancer Care partnered to provide the PEER program. The PEER program is a research-based exercise program designed by pediatric cancer specialists from the University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital to help parents and health care professionals to use exercise to help ease the long-term impact of cancer and its treatments on children.