{"id":5444,"date":"2014-02-05T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2014-02-12T17:50:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T22:50:29","slug":"auroras-new-jersey-reds-savour-their-golden-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/auroras-new-jersey-reds-savour-their-golden-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora\u2019s New Jersey Reds savour their \u201cGolden Moment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Doner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aurora\u2019s New Jersey Reds atoMc hockey team was served up a special treat after winning the first round challenge of the McDonald\u2019s Golden Moments program recently.<\/p>\n

After submitting photos of their team into the contest and garnering the most total votes, the team was treated to breakfast and then presented with some personalized gear at the Aurora McDonald\u2019s on Allaura Boulevard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re obviously all pretty exited, but I don\u2019t even think they all really knew what was going to happen until they got here,\u201d said head coach David Hall.<\/p>\n

The atoMc hockey program sponsors atom house league teams across Canada. Each team is sponsored with jerseys and other sports wear at the beginning of the season and have chances to win various prizes throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Hall said the partnership has only been positive for his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been great. They sponsor the league and we have a special gold shirt program that we give out after every game to the MVP and that\u2019s what this is all about really,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it also gives them all something else to strive for \u2013 to listen to the coach, do what they\u2019re supposed to do and then produce that on the ice. I think it\u2019s a great program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each year every team in the program is also entered in a contest for the chance to win an end of season celebration with an atoMc ambassador, such as Drew Doughty, Marc-Andre Fleury or Tessa Bonhomme.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a unique program and something that we\u2019ve never really done before, so it\u2019s just really exciting for the team and it involves community involvement and spirit. It promotes teamwork as well and healthy active living lifestyles for the kids, because they\u2019re our future,\u201d said Mae Law-Moore, brand manager and community relations for McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Law-Moore also said the program has been successful in promoting valuable lessons for young athletes and brings the community together to vote and support their teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that is really exciting, especially having somebody in your own community win and to have something to be proud about, because it wasn\u2019t just because of the parents, but it was also the people of Aurora to actually spend the time every day voting for the team,\u201d she said. \u201cIt brings the community together to all support one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tiger Liam Morassutti was one of the many excited players to see what McDonald\u2019s had in store for his team that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt really exciting, because we got to come and receive a prize for how hard we worked and I think the prizes are really great and we\u2019ll use them well,\u201d he said. \u201cIt feels really fun because we can run around with our new bags and sweaters.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the atoMc hockey program, visit www.hockeycanada.ca\/atomc<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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