Inspirational.
If I had to describe the past week in one word, that is the first thing that comes to my mind. On so many levels this year's Miracles on Ice hockey camp was a success. The kids were pushed to their limits and often the kids pushed the volunteers to their limits but in the end it was an amazing week that affected several individuals on a positive level. If just one of those kids see the light and graduates from college we succeeded.
The final day of the camp is always highlighted by a game in the afternoon where the volunteers, friends, family and community come and show their support as the kids compete in brand new NHL jerseys. The progress that the kids have made after just five short days is utterly astounding. Several of them could barely walk in skates let alone do anything else on Monday and by Friday some of them were skating backwards. They passed to each other, cheered on their teammates and scored goals. It was a great game with the white team eventually beating the maroon team 8-6.
After the game the feeling in the locker room was electric. A victorious Jackson proceeded to howl as loud as he could and hugged both his teammates and members of the other team. It was a sight to see.
I'm already looking forward to next year's camp but I hope to make it down to the Bridge Project and see some of the kids throughout the year.
-JCE
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