Kelowna

The Kelowna Rockets are a third of the way toward meeting a pledge the club made to the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation.

Back in June, the Western Hockey League team pledged to raise $200,000 for the KGH Orthopaedic Unit over the next five years.

Funds are being raised through the team's annual alumni weekend which includes a golf tournament and alumni hockey game.

On Thursday, Rockets Marketing Manager, Anne-Marie Hamilton announced the club was handing over a record $65,000 to the KGH Foundation.

"The Daily Courier-Scotiabank annual Rockets alumni golf tournament, which brings back many Kelowna Rockets, now NHL superstars, raised a record-breaking $55,000 this summer," says Hamilton.

Along with the money raised through the golf tournament, former Rockets defenceman Shea Weber made a second donation of $10,000 through the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation, bringing the total amount raised to $65,000.

“Our ongoing partnership with the Kelowna Rockets organization and alumni, like Shea Weber, inspires our whole community and most of all our kids – the Rockets are truly our hometown heroes," says KGH Foundation Executive Director, Sarah Nelems.

Money raised over the next five years will be used to purchase specialized equipment for the orthopaedic unit.