News that made me smile

[askye]

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.

Comments

[fatoudust.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's great!

I really do appreciate stuff like this that good pro athletes do. It's not all junk.

[askye.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's really great. And he got a lot of shit from Tampa fans when he first got here (from what I understand). He was 18 and supposed to be this great hope, they put a C on his chest and he wasn't ready. But now he's a fantastic player.

Also the Montreal papers (and fans) are always starting rumors about how Vinny HATES it here in Florida and will be leaving for Montreal just as soon as humanly possible. So it's nice to see Vinny deepening his ties to the community.