8th Annual Equipment Swap Success!, News (Markham Waxers)

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Aug 23, 2018 | Deb Larsen | 2597 views
8th Annual Equipment Swap Success!
The Waxers held our 8th annual equipment swap on Saturday, August 18th. It was a warm day outside and there were lots of hot deals inside. We sold 491 pieces of gently-used hockey equipment raising $2,485 for our Yes, You Can Play program. New hockey players were outfitted for under $40.

We could not have done it without our crew of awesome volunteers. And they were awesome. We set up in record time, helped a record number of shoppers (over 500!), and cleaned up in record time. What a team! Special thanks to our adult volunteers who were able to guide families who are brand new to hockey through the process of purchasing equipment for their budding hockey stars. 

Our volunteer team:

Mason Backhouse
Bobby Bertsoulakis
Emmanuel Bertsoulakis
Tim Brunt
Dave Ducheck
Zoë Ducheck
Cameron MacKinnon
Rodrick MacKinnon
Christopher Middleton
Karina Moffat
Sal Paglialunga
Dave Paterson
Emma Seppanen
Vineet Sharma
Bruce Tan
Max Tan
Riel Tu Herman
Christian Valerio
Jill Vincent
Rob Vincent
Sawyer Vincent


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