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​October 2007- Our daughter Rachel said we should do something to honor her late mother, my first wife, Becky Klem.  We thought that putting purple tape on my goal sticks would be a good start as Becky liked purple.  Friends and coworkers pledged to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network based on my play in November.​

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October, 2008- Joe Lynch, Captain of the Fighting Leprechauns hockey team says "Bobby, you should have a benefit game.  In November, we would play our first game at Line Creek Community Center in Kansas City, MO.   We would return in 2009.​​

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November, 2010- Skate received 501 (c)(3) status from the IRS as a public charity.  We would hold two games at Pepsi Ice Midwest.

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June 2011 -  ​Our friend Tom Jacobson passed away from pancreatic cancer.    Chris Zion of Rockford asked if we could hold a benefit game in Tom's memory.  In August, we agreed to partner with the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs to hold Have A Skate With Bob and the Rockford IceHogs, raising over $24,000 for pancreatic cancer research.​

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March, 2012 -  We partner with the Central Hockey League's Missouri Mavericks, raising over $9,000 for pancreatic cancer research.

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August, 2012 - We renew our partnerships with the Hogs and Mavs for the 2012-2013 season.

 

November 2013- We have our most successful year ever, providing over $28,000 in grants to fight pc

 

November 2014- Bob dyes his hair to celebrate Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.  HASB will go over the $100K mark in donations in Rockford.

 

 

 

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