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Muskegon Guns and Hoses Charity Hockey Game
The Game
The 2012 Muskegon Guns and Hoses Charity Hockey Game we be held on
April 21, 2012 at 7PM at
Lakeshore Sports Center, 4470 Airline Rd. in Muskegon, MI.
Click here for a map.
2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Promotion [click for details]
2011 Final Score : Hoses 8, Guns 3.
This Year's Beneficiaries
Brayden Janetzke -
Mike and Christina Janetzke’s son, Brayden, was born with a genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. SMA is a motor neuron disease that affects voluntary muscle movement like;
crawling, walking, head and neck control, swallowing and breathing. With shallow breathing and coughing it can lead to increased chances for pneumonia and other lung problems.
Brayden was diagnosed at 12 months of age. Many are diagnosed anywhere from 6 weeks-18 months old. Like many parents they were unaware that they were carriers of a deleted SMN1 gene.
About 1 in 40 people are genetic carriers and approximately 1 in 6000 babies born are affected. Currently there is no cure and no form of treatment. Brayden is going to have a long road ahead of him;
he uses multiple pieces of medical equipment daily, goes to physical therapy often, and is a frequent traveler to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. Brayden needs help with paying for his medical expenses
and an accessible wheelchair van. Please visit his web page to learn more braydensvoyage.com
Mariah Ackerman -
Mariah would have appeared to be your normal teenage girl, living life to the fullest, full of faith, smiles, friends, and family. Her story starts on a day in October 2011, when she went to her family doctor to have her annual physical. Mariah had not been sick or having any symptoms, at this time. Thinking she was healthy and nothing to be concerned about; the doctor asked her, “Anything new going on?” Mariah explained to the doctor, she was having some “issues” with dairy product. Her family doctor decided to run more blood work on Mariah, just as a precaution. This is where her whole life took a turn.
Lori, Mariah’s mom, was working, when she received the phone call from her daughter’s doctor. Lori works as a surgical nurse, and was in the operating room, when a co-worker came to the window, carrying a phone. Lori knew it must be something important; if they were interrupting her at work.
Mariah was in class, when she was called to the office , only to be told she needed to get her things together and head home, as her Mom had called, requesting her to come home. Once Mariah was home, she was told that she had been diagnosed with Leukemia. She was then taken by her Mom and Dad, to Devos Children’s Hospital, where she would have more testing.
Mariah and her family received the confirmation, on November 1, 2011. Mariah has acute lymphocytic leukemia, which is also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). How devastating for the family and Mariah. Even though Mariah had just received horrible news, she has been so positive and ready for the fight. She said, “He brought me to it…He’ll bring me through it.” Her firm belief in God, prayer, family and friends, give her hope and the “fight like a girl” strength.
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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