Hello 6U Families

The Stowe Winter Carnival is coming up December 6-8th! This event brings in a huge amount of fundraising for our Youth hockey program. Some of you were involved last year and it was a great success.This is a great way to start your volunteering requirements for the upcoming season.

 A brief rundown on what entails. Several teams of different ages from New England states all play in a tournament here at the rink starting Friday December 6th and ending Sunday, the 8th. No, our little U-6 team will not be involved but we ask that one parent from each player donate one "slot" of their time over the weekend. During that time much help is needed to man the volunteer slots. Slots include time keeper, penalty box, score keeper, and raffle volunteers. Working the areas involved with the game seem intimidating, but trust me, you will get the hang of it quite quickly, and so much fun to participate! Helping out in the lobby is also useful if you would rather stay clear of the action.  Attached to this email is a google sheets document that is the sign up sheet. Sign up early to pick the best times that may work for you schedule. Click on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ay8EmPzPAvxiTm4RSS_9JV_nXOcJvQdqYHxgmvhgDgc/edit?usp=sharing  

This afternoon before or after practice, come see me. We have envelopes filled with 50/50 raffle tickets for each child on the U-6 team. These are for presale before the tournament begins and your child should sell all of their tickets. More will be available if you run out. Give the envelopes back to me before the tournament begins. 

This year our U-6 team is in charge of building a gift basket that will be raffled off during the tournament weekend. I am currently working on a theme but know that we ask each family donate between $15 and $25 or come up with something fun that will be added to the basket.

Lastly, if anyone out there that has a friend of a friend, or yourself that can donate BIG ticket items that we may be able to raffle off, have them come see me! I cannot stress enough how important this weekend can bring in large amounts of money to help out the whole Stowe Youth Hockey program. We need your support in making this this tournament a huge success! Thank you for all your help.

Pete

PS - Don't forget! Our first big game of the season starts Sunday, November 10th at 9:30am. Have your child ready at the rink no later than 9:00am. Its going to be busy, the U-8 teams will be there as well. We will play Northfield in the center of the ice, with two U-8 games going on at the same time.