On Sunday September 8th, the Islanders will once again walk for
Avalanna Routh. The link below is information about the walk and how to donate.
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1048920&supId=364278551
On September 9, 2012, the Islanders took part in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund
Walk.
The Islanders walked and raised funds that day as members of Avalanna’s Angels. The
group was inspired by six year old Avalanna Routh (Merrimac, Mass.),
who was battling Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, a rare form of brain cancer
referred to as AT/RT. It can be diagnosed in three per one million children
each year.
Avalanna gained international notoriety when she was a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital. She, with the help of the nursing staff, “married” her favorite singer, pop
music superstar Justin Bieber, during a mock wedding ceremony which included a
cardboard cut out of the crooner. Bieber, soon after, visited Avalanna at the
hospital to meet “Mrs. Bieber.”
This is one a several events the Islanders Hockey Club will participate in this season. All teams – youth and junior – will be walking for Autism at Suffolk Downs on October 6th.
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