Drop the Gloves! by Scott Kelsey

About Team Verbero Hockey and Andy Sutton: Anyone that knows hockey knows how critical the proper equipment is when designed for safety, function and aesthetic appeal. Verbero is an industry leader in innovation, including the sports first carbon-fibre hockey skates. Our outreach across North America and Europe is extensive as we have catapulted to the highest echelons of product development, but we are all about giving back! As a team competing to raise money for The Ranch and Teammates for Life, we are excited to show off our fundraising muscle to raise more money than our friendly competitors and bring needed funds to the cause of those struggling with brain injuries and brain disease.

About The Ranch:
Our mission: To offer a healthy, therapeutic, and supportive environment for those affected by mental illness and brain disorders. To provide a future of optimism, freedom from barriers, and the opportunity to live full, independent lives, with a new beginning.
Who are we? We are hockey players and soldiers! We’ve been on the front lines and experienced or seen the effects of traumatic brain injuries. With assistance from family and friends, we are a team committed to helping and supporting teammates and military veterans that are in emotional distress whether it be brain injuries, PTSD, or other forms of Mental Illness. Their struggle is our motivation to provide a healing center that helps them reach mental wellness in a setting that would include a variety of healing activities: animals, fishing, equine therapy, music, and camaraderie.
Why us? Because we’ve lived it and are living it now! Hundreds of our teammates and military heroes are suffering in silence. They need our help. Now is the time to focus our attention on this pressing issue, to shift into actions that support those struggling to live their purpose, on purpose.

You Should Know: Before leaving us, Mark asked us to keep it going for his Teammates and for our Veterans, the “real heroes” in his words. For the military who served and fought in battle together there is a saying – leave no man behind. At The Ranch, that rings true as well. It’s all for one and one for all.
What can you do to help us? Your donation to Team Verbero boosts our position on the Fund Duelleader board, but more importantly, the funds go to the men and women that operate The Ranch. Join the challenge by uploading your photo or video by selecting the blue "join the challenge" button...donate on your own upload, and qualify to win prizes.