If you don't have plans this weekend, head out to Laurel, MD with me. If you do have plans this weekend, cancel them and head out to Laurel, MD this weekend for the 6th Annual Hockey Disabled Festival at the Gardens Ice House.
I am a big fan of the Olympic Games, but the Paralympics are even more near and dear to my heart. The Olympics are an exciting time full of competition, determination and athleticism; but the Paralympics are all that and then some. If I had to describe it in one word, it would be perseverance. If I had more words to describe it, I would write this blog post about the Vancouver Paralympic Games.
The Hockey Disabled Festival will feature hockey games like you have never seen before. There will be games all weekend long in four categories: Special hockey, sled hockey, standing amputees, and deaf/hearing impaired. You can also meet the US Paralympic Sled Hockey team and check out their gold medals (the Vancouver medals were way cooler than all previous medals, by the way.) And the Stanley Cup will be making an appearance at the festival.
If that's not enough to convince you to head out to Laurel this weekend... can I interest you in some cake?
