The Victoria Grizzlies paid a visit to the Military Family Resource Centre in Colwood on Tuesday and met with some children from the centreB次元官网网址檚 daycare.
Kids excitedly high-fived players from the junior A ice hockey team and posed with them for a photo.
The meet and greet was organized to help promote a military family appreciation night that is being organized by the resource centre and the Grizzlies.
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The appreciation night will take place on Jan. 25, 2019.
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The money collected will help support children with parents who are deployed and in the military.
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The Military Family Resource Centre provides programs and services that serve, involve and advocate for the military community and their families.
The centre offers counselling, workshops, daycare and many more resources to military families in the area.
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