OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT
As an organization, the Hockey Donkeys are committed to both growing the game of hockey and giving back to the local community. Each of our players and their families are committed to donating their time and resources to help create a community in which we help each other successfully overcome the many challenges in life.
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Listed below are the Hockey Donkeys events in which the organization hosts a three day adult hockey tournament to raise money for a local charities or organizations.
AMOUNT RAISED: TBD
2025 - Maryland Food Bank - Western Branch
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A 3 day tournament in which funds generated support a community effort to meet food-insecure Marylanders while establishing pathways out of hunger.
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The event includes a raffle items, cook-out, some unique rules during play, and a post event party at Oscar's Ale House in Frederick.
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Bring food items to donate to help use reach our goal of collecting over 500lbs of food.
AMOUNT RAISED: $14,356.77
2024 - Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Neuro-Oncology Program
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A 3 day tournament in which funds generated supported a cause near to our hearts, especially to battle Gliobastomas. The event included a silent auction, cook-out, some unique rules during play, and a post event party at Oscar's Ale House in Frederick.
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Donations ensure continued progress against brain cancer by providing resources necessary to recruit and train the best investigators as well as accelerate diagnostic and treatment strategies for patients.​​
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FOREVER IN YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS: SUPER RAY
AMOUNT RAISED: $6500
2023 - HEartly House
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​Since 1979, the Heartly House has provided Frederick County, MD to offer comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence.
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They are the local experts on treating the impact of trauma through support, education, and counseling. Additionally, they are active in the community offering awareness programs and prevention education.
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In the HD Give Back Annual Ice Hockey Tournament, donations helped make the Heartly House services free of charge and include: 24-hour hotline maintenance, intervention, shelter, counseling, legal representation, hospital accompaniment, advocacy, community engagement.
AMOUNT RAISED: $10,021.17
2022 - Baltimore Banners
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​The HD Give Back Annual Ice Hockey Tournament was excited to partner with an organization that was established in 2003 to help marginalized youth in areas of high violence in East Baltimore.
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The tournament highlight was competition between the Baltimore Banners and the Hockey Donkeys. We ended the tournament with a successful after party at Oscar's Ale House in Frederick.
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Donations helped to support equipment, gas money, meals, and other basic needs. The goal is to have youth engagement in sports while establishing coach-mentor trusted relationships that will impact their journey to adulthood.
2019 - Frederick County Humane Society
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On August 23-25, 2019, the Hockey Donkeys celebrated the amazing people and animals of the Frederick County Humane Society. Everyone enjoyed multiple food trucks, a silent auction, and raising over $8,000 for the Frederick County Humane Society.
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In addition, the hockey tournament was also a huge success as we hosted our first ever Women’s Division that was sponsored by Flying Dog Brewery.
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The Frederick Fire played a tough championship game to capture the title for the Men’s Division while everyone enjoyed multiple food trucks, a silent auction, and raising money for this amazing local organization.
2018 - Frederick rescue mission
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On Sunday August 19, 2018, eight adult hockey teams finished a weekend tournament that raised over $5,000 for the Frederick Rescue Mission and will help buy over 100 backpacks for the upcoming school year.
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The Frederick Rescue Mission had asked for donations to purchase school supplies for underprivileged youth, however the organization was happy to report they had far exceeded the requested amount.
2017 - montgomery cheetahs
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A two-day tournament, the Donkeys Give Back Invitational featured 16 teams in four divisions. The proceeds generated from the tournament went to the Montgomery Cheetahs Hockey Club — a hockey club for children with developmental disabilities.
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One of the major attractions of the tournament was the USA Warriors Ice Hockey team. The USA Warriors are a national organization set up by USA Hockey for injured and disabled military veterans.
2017 - cancer research institute
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We are pleased to announce that the 2nd annual Donkeys Kick Cancer tournament raised over $7,400 to benefit the Cancer Research Institute. What better way to ring in the 2017 New Year than playing hockey with family and friends while raising money to help fight a disease that has affected us all.
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CRI is a top-rated charity that funds the development of novel cancer immunotherapies. They’re driving the development of next generation cancer treatments that use the body’s immune system to better recognize and destroy cancer cells without many of the side effects seen with treatments like chemotherapy. This field boasts some of the highest CURE rates in many cancers, and has recently taken some of the first steps in cracking previously untreatable cancers.
2016 - Hospice of Frederick County
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A fundraising tournament to help a hospice center care for the terminally ill was held over the weekend at Skate Frederick. After the passing of a team captain's wife, the Hockey Donkeys decided to host the first ever Donkeys Kick Cancer Hockey Tournament.
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"It's been really overwhelming how much support we’ve gotten,” said Matthew Goodwin, tournament organizer and Hockey Donkeys player. “We've raised a ton of money for the cause, and we've got a lot of people who just learned about what hospice is. So everything from good hockey to having people here, it's been awesome."