A team of Norwell District Secondary School students, including members of the school’s Redmen hockey team, will take on members of the Wellington County OPP in a fundraising hockey game here on Jan. 25.
The Katie McNally Memorial students-versus-OPP game will raise funds for the Wellington County chapter of Mother’s Against Drunk Driving. (MADD). The game is being played in memory of Katie McNally, a 21-year-old Palmerston resident who was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 23 on Feb. 11, 2010.
Katie’s mother, Lise McNally, is a director of MADD Wellington County. She says the game is also about raising awareness of the organization in this area.
Free public skating
“MADD Wellington County – Wellington is a big county – has been around in Guelph for a number of years, but we haven’t had a lot of involvement in the northern part of the county,” she said, adding she’s made it her mission to raise awareness about MADD locally.
The game will be played at the Palmerston Community Centre, beginning at 6:30pm. Admission is a $5 donation to MADD Wellington County. The game will be preceded by free public skating from 5:30 to 6:30pm, sponsored by MADD.
MADD Wellington County held a fundraising hockey game involving students and the OPP in Guelph last year and is preparing to host another game between the OPP and the Bishop McDonell hockey team at the West End Recreation Centre at 7pm on Feb. 16.
McNally said the organization is working on making the Kate McNally Memorial game an annual event in this area.
“We’ll see how it goes, but we’re already working on next year,” she noted.
