Hockey has it's heroes and Heroines.

When in times of need, some of us forget to accentuate the positives in life. We could fret over all the negative press coverage that the "Bertuzzi incident" caused or I could tell you about what the mainstream media did not.

The Jennifer Ferraro Foundation was set up to give help and hope to people suffering with cancer disease. Ms. Ferraro was the sister to Chris and Peter current players of the Washington Capitals franchise. Last Saturday night (4/13/03), the Springfield Falcons and Portland Pirates played a game where the Falcons wore specially designed "Team Jennifer" jerseys and auctioned them off to the public for charity.

Do yourselves a favor and go visit the website and donate what you can to worthy causes to fight cancer and other diseases. I've added a special section to collect website links for the charity efforts.