Victoria Grizzlies players with children from the daycare operated by the Military Family Resource Centre. The Grizzlies and the resource centre are teaming up for a fundraiser at The Q Centre on Friday.
Photograph By ESQUIMALT MILITARY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE
Richard Watts / Times Colonist
JANUARY 20, 2019 06:00 AM
The men, women and their families at CFB Esquimalt know the way to Canadian hearts: Hockey, hotdogs, trucks and a chance to shoot a selfie in a cool helmet.
On Friday, the Military Family Resource Centre is teaming with the Victoria Grizzlies for a special fundraiser. Besides the hockey game (versus the Cowichan Valley Capitals) the Military Families are planning a two-hour Canadian tailgate party.
There will be special trucks from the base, such as fire trucks or a bomb-disposal vehicle. Also, some of the cool jobs on the military base will loan their equipment for kids and grownups to shoot selfies wearing a firefighter’s helmet or other headgear.
And there will be hotdogs, chips and sodas for a pre-game snack.
All the money raised is going to the Military Family Resource Centre. It assists military members, their partners and kids with services such as daycare, emergency child care and other support.
The Grizzlies are also getting into the act with a special jersey featuring a frigate and a V for Victory to honour the Canadian Armed Forces. Those jerseys will be auctioned off after the game.
The special fundraiser is on Friday at The Q Centre. The game starts at 7 p.m. and the tailgate party kicks off at 5:30 p.m.
