Hockey Fights Cancer Month Money Bomb!

Apparently, hockey bloggers aren't charitable. Or, at least, Kevin Paul Dupont from The Boston Globe doesn't think so. Luckily, Daniel Wagner from theScore.com has gone to bat for bloggers, proving that we are more than just "journalism replacements" and highlighting the Hockey Kicks Cancer charity event. For many bloggers, it isn't about us being right or being better than paid journalists. Some of us are just having fun. Some of us are offering a different perspective. Some of us just love to write. Whatever the reason, bloggers exist, and nothing is going to make them go away.

Here is the thing: What if the mainstream media and bloggers worked together? INSANITY! Why would we do such a thing? If Dupont took his audience and wrote and Tweeted about the Hockey Kicks Cancer event, do you think we could get donations? I bet we could. We've received donations from all over the United States and Canada for the event. Why? Because cancer is a terrible illness, and it touches everyone.

Personally, I have a little over 1,000 Twitter followers. What if each follower were to donate $5? What if the other bloggers involved got each person that follows them to donate? A small, personal, blogging community has raised almost $600 for this event SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT. That is incredible!!!!

We aren't holding this event because we love hockey and love the Penguins. We are holding this event because, with the audience that all of our blogs have, we can use what we have to make a positive impact. We have the resources. We can use those resources solely for screwing around on the Internet, or we can use them to help others. How many of you have cancer? How many of you have a close relative who survived cancer? How many of you love someone who passed from cancer? How many of you are currently standing by someone who is receiving chemo and radiation as we speak?

The answer: Too many hands to count would be raised. We all know someone. We've all been there, through the pain, and the fear, the tears, the triumph, the disappointment, through good times and sad endings. We have all been there.

Hockey Fights Cancer is an organization supported globally, and many other bloggers out there have shown support for Hockey Fights Cancer Month. So this is what I am proposing: a money bomb.

I am challenging members of our fellow blogging communities, their readers and hockey fans from ALL NHL teams to reach out to others and help us raise money for Hockey Fights Cancer. The challenge: to raise $2,000 by Saturday, Oct. 6, at 11:59 p.m.

Can it be done? If we all promote and pull together, we can shatter that number and do something good for the people around us. This isn't about hockey. It isn't about blogging. It is about taking what we have and putting it to good use.

What's the worst that could happen? We help researchers get one step closer to a cure?

You can donate to the Hockey Kicks Cancer charity event by sending your donation via PayPal to heelsandhockey@gmail.com. 

Provide the following information with your donation: Your donation is for Hockey Kicks Cancer (donation ID).

LET'S DO THIS!!!!

The writer is a Baldwin Borough native and Baldwin High School graduate.