Celebrate St. Patty's with a Public Skate to Help Cancer Patients

Casey Glynn's eighth annual "Shoot for the Cure" will raise money tonight at the Rinks at Exeter for cancer research and help honor those lost to cancer.

Glynn, 16, of Hampton, started firing hockey pucks eight years ago at the age of 8 in order to raise money for Exeter Hospital's "Beyond the Rainbow Fund," started by Glynn's late godmother Anne-Marie Viviano.

Glynn and fellow members of the Winnacunnet High School hockey team will take part in the two-hour event, during which the public is invited to partake in a St. Patrick's Day public skate.

"This fund was very important to [Viviano]," said Glynn in a release about the event, which has raised over $14,000 over the past eight years for "Beyond The Rainbow" and the American Cancer Society. "Her vision was to help provide financial assistance to local cancer patients in need. It has helped many patients pay for childcare while in treatment, wigs while going through chemotherapy, medication, and has also helped pay for utility bills. Whatever the financial burden may be, "Beyond The Rainbow" is there to help provide relief from it all and to help patients fighting cancer focus on getting healthier."

More information about "Shoot for the Cure" and "Beyond the Rainbow" can be found here.