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posted by [personal profile] askye at 10:14am on 18/10/2007

I love hockey, it's a great sport and I love my team Tampa Bay Lightning. One of the stars, Vincent Lacavalier, isn't necessarily my favorite player, but he seems like a great guy.

He has a charitable foundation and they've just committed to giving $3 million to the Tampa children's hopsital. There's going to be a Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. It's going to be state of the art, with HEPA filters throughout so the kids can walk around the entire wing and not be confied to their rooms and other things.

http://www.tbo.com/sports/MGBTZ9LAV7F.html

Already his foundation donates $1000 to the hospital for every goal scored and $300 for every assist.

And it's not just Vinny on the team,  other players give back to the community and work with kids. 

I wish stuff like this made headlines as big as the bad stuff that pro athletes do.

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