Six minor hockey teams will do battle outside this week at the fifth annual B.C. Children91裸聊视频檚 Hospital Foundation Winter Classic Charity Jamboree at Apex Mountain Resort.

But there will be much more on the line than the trophy again this year, with all the proceeds of the four-day event going to the foundation.

91裸聊视频淓veryone has someone that they know, whether it91裸聊视频檚 family, neighbours or just someone in the community, that has sick kids,91裸聊视频� said tourney organizer and founder, Yannick Lescarbeau, who has contributed over $77,000 to the foundation in the last four years. 91裸聊视频淚 know someone personally that went through it and needed the cure.

91裸聊视频淚n essence we are lucky to have healthy kids who are able to play hockey, so it91裸聊视频檚 just a way of teaching the healthy kids that you have to give back and you also have to think of the kids who can91裸聊视频檛 play.91裸聊视频�

Every year since the event started has been better than the last in terms of money raised, last January91裸聊视频檚 event brought in over $26,000 and Lescarbeau is expecting the same thing to happen again this time around.

91裸聊视频淚t becomes almost a challenge for the kids to raise more and more and what I91裸聊视频檝e found over the years is once teams are registered in our tournament, they ask how much was raised last year,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a multi-level kind of exercise, we teach kids to be good citizens and make them work and empower them to go out and raise money and then we donate the money to people who need it.91裸聊视频�

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Once again, there are six teams (players aged nine and 10) including two from Penticton and one from Kelowna, competing in the games which got underway Thursday.

Fittingly, like the description of many of the kids they are playing to help, the two divisions, comprised of about 120 players, are named Courage and Bravery.

The other three teams are from Victoria, the North Shore Winter Club and Vancouver.

Growing up in Quebec City, Lescarbeau played most of his hockey on outdoor ice surfaces and when he first organized the event, thought it would be fun for many of the players who might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience the same thing.

91裸聊视频淭here were rinks everywhere, you91裸聊视频檇 meet there and you didn91裸聊视频檛 know who was going to be there. Sometimes there were kids your age, older kids, younger kids and everyone played together, same game, same goal, same feeling. It was awesome,91裸聊视频� he recalled. 91裸聊视频淧laying outdoors at Apex with frozen toes and snow on your face doesn91裸聊视频檛 get better than that. And to do it for children in needs makes it that much better.91裸聊视频�

At last year91裸聊视频檚 tournament, the weather ranged from freezing rain, lots of snow and darkness, all of which made the experience 91裸聊视频渁wesome91裸聊视频� according to Lescarbeau.

Round robin play goes Thursday evening to Saturday morning with playoffs starting after that and wrapping up Sunday.

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