Hedberg, Steen help North End kids
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NHL stars old and new will be at Garden City Shopping Centre on Saturday to help support an equipment and fundraising drive for the North End Hockey Program (NEHP).
Anders Hedberg, star right-winger of the WHA-era Winnipeg Jets, and the St. Louis Blues’ Alex Steen, son of former Jet great Thomas Steen, will be at the Centre from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. signing autographs and encouraging support for the NEHP, an initiative that aims to help 115 inner-city youth get involved with hockey by organizing teams and providing equipment, ice time, coaching and transportation to and from games.
Steen, in Winnipeg on a whirlwind tour of charity events associated with the Amadeus Steen Foundation — an organization formed in memory of Thomas and Mona Steen’s late son who passed away when he was only two months old — called the NEHP "a really great initiative," praising the effort to help less fortunate kids participate in Canada’s national sport.
Alex Steen spent the first 12 years of his life in Winnipeg and said he loves having the opportunity to give back to the community that he was raised in.
"Every time I put that jersey on in St. Louis I just feel you’re obligated to remember where you came from and give back," he said.
The program’s organizers are seeking donations of cash or hockey equipment "to address the barriers many North End children and their families face," according to a press release. They will be accepting both at Garden City this afternoon.
Equipment donations can also be made on an ongoing basis at Gateway Recreation Centre (1717 Gateway Rd.), River Heights Community Centre (1370 Grosvenor Ave.), or Allard Arena (80 Allard Ave.). Cash donations can also be made through www.ndinawe.com.
The program is a joint effort between the Ndinawe and Ma Mawi community support groups, the North End Community Renewal Corporation and the Winnipeg Police.
andrew.evans@freepress.mb.ca