The 10th annual Smashfest Charity Ping-Pong Challenge is set to take place at Steam Whistle Brewery on July 20th. The event is hosted by former NHL player Dominic Moore and returns to Toronto after a two-year pandemic-promoted hiatus. The event raises money and awareness for research into concussions and rare cancers.
“The goal of the event is to support two distinct causes that have affected so many people,” said Dominic Moore, Smashfest® creator and host, veteran of 897 NHL games, and current NHL broadcast analyst. “The resources surrounding rare cancer and concussions are very limited, so this event is important in driving awareness and research while having fun.”
The funds raised from Smashfest help aid research into rare cancers with concussion research through the Steve Moore Foundation and Dr. Arthur Brown and his associates, at the Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Robarts Research Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard through the institute’s Rare Cancer Cell Line Factory.
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