About Give Blood Play Hockey:

To: The Hockey Community

From: Mary Quayle – Founder of the Give Blood Play Hockey Charity Tournament.

Subject: The 2011 Tournament – Our 5th Year!

Date: Friday, July 15, 2011

It has been five years since we started the Give Blood Play Hockey Charity In-Line Tournament. Since then we have raised over $130,000 for Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), we've collected nearly 600 pints of blood and we have watched cancer patients' miraculous and sometimes heart wrenching journey as they battle this horrible disease. My name is Mary Quayle and I'm the founder of Give Blood Play Hockey.

Our event started as a simple idea and has grown far larger than we ever could have imagined. In 2010 we had 82 teams battling in 18 different divisions. The over 2000 spectators not only watched some competitive hockey, but were also entertained by skills competitions, wheel chair hockey, dozens of vendors, lots of food and plenty of fun entertainment for the entire family. Give Blood Play Hockey has become one of the largest hockey tournaments on the west coast with over 600 individual players participating in the three day weekend event last year.

This year we have raised the bar again. In our 5th year, we hope to host 100 teams in the tournament. We've added new divisions and events. We are proud to announce the Anaheim Ducks will be promoting the events in radio and television interviews. Players will be there as well, Wild Wing and the Power Players. There will be lots of fun things going on but most importantly we will surpass the 800 pint mark in our blood drive, and we hope to reach the $200,000 level in total donations to CHOC. It is an exciting time!

With the help of the hockey community, committed volunteers, gracious donors and people like you, we have built the premier hockey event of the year. Won't you please join us as we celebrate our fifth year! You can read all about the tournament and our event at www.givebloodplayhockey.org and Like us on Facebook! Want to get involved, make a donation, be a volunteer and help this awesome event? Email us at GBPH2011@gmail.com

The count down to October 21st - October 23rd 2011 tournament has begun. We cannot wait to drop the first puck at the 5th Annual Give Blood Play Hockey event. My name is Mary Quayle and I Give Blood and I Play Hockey.