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Volume 12, Issue 28, Week of July 13, 2015
Saskatoonʼs REAL Community Newspaper
Mike Babcock comes home to give back
Mike Babcock was a player and force behind the Driving for Prostate Golf Classic in Saskatoon in 2014 (Photo by Electric Umbrella) Ned Powers Saskatoon Express
accident caused by his mental disorder, it was just 16 days after a Babcock neighbour at Emma Lake, 64-year-old Saskafter attending the funeral of a toon lawyer Ian Buckwold, lost his life in 23-year-old friend in Saskatoon an incident with his mentally ill son. in August 2014, National Hockey “My wife, Maureen, and I have always League coach Mike Babcock vowed it was thrown our support behind finding a cure time to play a role in the investment in and for cancer, but this lesson in reality told research of mental health. us to look at the challenges with mental “Jordan Chartier was a good boy, a health.” good all-round athlete, a player from a Babcock went to Dr. DeeDee Maltman, hockey family. I knew the family well. and they immediately began planning for Jordan graduated from high school in One Voice, a fundraiser for The Neural Saskatoon and wanted to pursue a career Health Project, which will take place on in medicine at the University of Saskatch- July 24 at TCU Place. They want to raise ewan. His was an unbelievable loss,” said $1 million for research, and the majority of Babcock. funds will go directly to patients in a theraIt was like a double whammy for Bab- peutic plan. They want to affect change cock. When Chartier died on July 30 in an with a more complete upstream project
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combining mind, body and spirit. Babcock and Maltman have worked on projects before. She was the driving force behind Mike Babcock Day, held on July 17, 2008, when Babcock brought the Stanley Cup, won by his Detroit Red Wings, for a series of events. Proceeds went to the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Saskatchewan. Babcock, who was educated and started playing hockey in Saskatoon, has a summer home in Emma Lake and comes home each year, with the idea of helping in charitable work. He has golfed in the KidSport tournament and in last summer’s Driving for Prostate Golf Classic, arranged and promoted with the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. He also helped the St. Paul’s
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Foundation with An Evening Under The Stars in 2013 and with the Off The Bench breakfast last year. “One Voice is an unbelievable cause,” said Babcock. “The money stays in Saskatchewan. For me, it’s a way of giving back to the people who gave me a start in minor hockey, educated me and nurtured my career in various steps.” Babcock’s role has been attracting the athletes and speakers from all sports, who will be visible and accommodating to the guests at the $1,000-a-plate function. “That’s what I can do best. DeeDee does what she does best. She does all the organizational work. She’s a whirlwind, and an event like this couldn’t happen without her.” (Continued on page 7)
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