On Saturday, October 1, the New Trier Hockey Club players collected $5,373.15 to purchase Bear Hugs to make a special experience possible for a child with cancer as well as provide support services for his or her family.

Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a national organization whose mission is to eliminate pediatric cancer and to provide hope and support to those who are touched by it.

Bear Necessities was founded in 1992 in memory of eight-year-old Barret “Bear” Krupa who died after a five and a half year battle with Wilms Tumor, a pediatric cancer.

To date, the New Trier Hockey Club has collected $24,800.15 to support the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

A special thank you goes out to our community retailers who make this fundraising effort a success. They include: The Grand Food Center, Walgreens, Dominick's and Starbucks.

Pictures from the day are on the Multimedia page.