Minor Hockey Fights Cancer, Etobicoke, ON

Mark Mannarn will tell you that he “loves hockey and hates cancer”. He lost his grandmother in 2010 to pancreatic cancer and during that same year, his mother was also diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2010, at the age of 12, Mark created and launched Minor Hockey Fights Cancer ‘Feel Like a Pro Day’.

In the fall of 2010, Mark attended “We Day”, a global youth initiative that encourages young people to make a difference in the world. This event gave Mark the idea that he could make an impact.

Mark’s dream was to create a local hockey skill building event for young players, led by professional hockey players and alumni. Young hockey players would raise money to participate, with the top fundraisers invited to play in a real game with the pros.