SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that $6.7 million raised during the 2023-24 season by the AHL and its 32 member clubs to be donated to various charities and relief funds across North America.
In addition to the hundreds of local hospitals, food banks, charities, scholarship programs and other non-profit groups that are the recipients of AHL charity work this season, teams have donated to several national organizations, including:
- ALS Association/Solid Ice
- American / Canadian Cancer Societies
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- American/Canadian Red Cross
- Boy Scouts of America/Girl Scouts of the USA
- Boys and Girls Clubs of America
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund
- Easterseals
- Hockey Fights Cancer
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Meals on Wheels America
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Ronald McDonald House Charities/RMHC Canada
- Special Olympics
- The United Way
- The Wounded Warrior Project
- YMCA/YWCA
many more…
In addition to the money raised, AHL teams have given back to their local communities through many activities, including more than 1,100 player and coach visits to schools, hospitals, libraries and other venues and more than 2,000 mascot appearances. More than 110,000 game tickets were donated to local charities, and items such as food, winter clothing, holiday gifts and hockey equipment were collected in various drives organized by AHL teams.
Operating since 1936 and with franchises in 32 cities across North America, the American Hockey League serves as the premier league for the development of players, coaches, managers, administrators and broadcasters for all 32 National Hockey League teams. About 90 percent of today's NHL players graduated from the American Hockey League.
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