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Muskegon Guns and Hoses Charity Hockey Game
The Game
The 2009 Muskegon Guns and Hoses Charity Hockey Game was on
Friday March 13, 2009 7:00PM at Lakeshore Sports Center. Lakeshore Sports Center is located at 4470 Airline Rd. in Muskegon, MI. Click here for a map.
Final score was Hoses-9, Guns-4.
This Year's Beneficiaries
Avery Lynn - Click Here for Avery's website
Avery was born with a rare condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita which affects the joints and muscles in her lower extremeties. Avery was born with bilateral clubfeet, dislocated left hip and her right knee was hyper-extended 30 degrees. Avery's left knee is also hyper extensible and her spine is also affected by arthrogryposis. Avery has a condition called hemihypertrophy, which causes her left leg/foot to be slightly larger than her right. She has had her tibia (foot) broken twice and femur (leg) broken once. She suffered the broken bones due to disuse osteopenia, which basically means osteoporosis that was brought on because she did not bear weight for the first 17 months of her life. She was also born with a VSD (hole in her heart) which closed on its own when she was two months old. At that time another congenital heart defect was found, a PDA (basically an extra vessel in her heart). Thankfully, this heart defect also corrected itself. Here she is in her first set of casts to help treat her club feet. Avery spent the majority of the first 17 months of her life in these long leg casts.
Brenen Twiss - Click Here for Brenen's website(free login required)
Brenen is a 17 year old high school student from Montague, Michigan. On November 19, 2008 he was in a horrible car accident and was air lifted to Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. The staff worked tirelessly in an effort to save this young man's life, and save it they did. However, Brenen and his family now have many challenges ahead of them. Brenen lost both legs from the knees down, broke small bones in his right hand, did extensive damage to his left arm/hand; he now has two rods on each side of his spine with 14 screws holding it in place. He will not be able to move from the chest down. He had 2 collapsed lungs with 7 broken ribs. His neck has a few small fractures. Brenen also has a type of brain injury known as shearing. He responds to certain commands but cannot communicate verbally yet. He spent 27 days at Devos Childrens's Center in ICU. Brenen's physical body is trying to heal. He has been released to Mary FreeBed Hospital. Brenen has an extremely long road to travel; and how far he travels will be up to him and God.
About the Guns and Hoses
In late 2002, Jon Baker of the Muskegon Police Department approached Todd Rake of the Muskegon Fire Department with the idea of putting on a charity hockey game. The idea was to use a hockey game between police (guns) and fire (hoses) as a fun way for those in the emergency response field to give to children in the community. They also saw an opportunity to reinforce the positive influence firefighters, police officers, medics and other emergency response personnel have as role models in Muskegon County. With the help of volunteers and players from over 30 departments including police, fire, corrections, EMS, hospital ER and US Coast Guard the idea took off and the Muskegon County Guns and Hoses Charity Hockey Game became a reality.
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