St. Albert Catholic High students will don green jerseys and face off against their teachers this week to raise money in memory of four former members of the Humboldt Broncos.
SACHS staff and students will be at the Performance Arena in Servus Credit Union Place this April 4 for the school’s second annual student-staff hockey game.
The event honours the lives of former St. Albert Raiders players Logan Hunter, Jaxon Joseph, Conner Lukan, and Stephen Wack, who were among 16 people killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. Joseph attended the Greater St. Albert Sports Academy, while Wack and Hunter graduated from SACHS.
The game will see select Grade 12 athletes compete against SACHS staffers in a hockey game for bragging rights, said principal Wade Michael. The game is free to attend, but guests will be encouraged to donate to the St. Albert Humboldt Remembrance Award Fund to support scholarships named after Hunter, Joseph, Lukan, and Wack.
“We just want to ensure we keep their memory alive in our school,” Michael said.
Last year’s game saw hundreds of guests dress up in Humboldt Broncos green and raise some $1,000 for the award fund, Michael said. The teachers won that game, but this year’s student team may be out for revenge.
The game runs from noon to 1 p.m. Call SACHS at 780-459-7781 for details.
Green Shirt Day
Keep your green shirts handy after Friday’s game — you’ll need them again on Monday for Green Shirt Day.
April 7 is Green Shirt Day in Canada. The day encourages people to register as organ donors in honour of the Logan Boulet Effect.
Logan Boulet died April 7, 2018, from injuries sustained in the Humbolt Broncos bus crash. Before he died, he registered as an organ donor. His donated organs saved six lives and inspired some 150,000 people to register as organ donors in what was dubbed the Logan Boulet Effect.
Some 440 Canadians die each year while waiting for an organ donation because there aren’t enough donors to go around, said Toby Boulet, Logan’s father and Green Shirt Day co-founder. Just 1.5 per cent of people die in circumstances where their organs can be donated.
“Logan … he didn’t need his heart anymore,” Toby said, and in donating it, he helped a single mother with two kids get back to work.
Toby and Bernadine Boulet (Logan’s mother) said doctors will always work as hard as possible to save your life even if you sign up as an organ donor. They also won’t take your organs unless your next of kin agree to it and you previously registered as a donor through the Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry — checking that box on your Alberta Personal Health Card isn’t enough.
Toby encouraged Albertans to register as donors through Give Life Alberta and to talk to their families about their decision. He also asked Albertans to wear green in memory of the Humboldt Broncos on April 7. (Just spray some Febreze on your St. Patrick’s Day shirt and put it on, he joked.)
Bernadine said she and Toby treasure the letters they have received from some of the recipients of Logan’s organs.
“We know Logan continues to carry on, and his organ donations have made a difference in these people’s lives.”
Visit greenshirtday.ca for more on organ donations.
