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Crosby donates $50,000 to Nova Scotia Special Olympics

SaltWire Network | Posted: Aug. 1, 2018, 1:08 p.m. | Updated: Aug. 28, 2018, 2:08 p.m. | 2 Min Read
Sidney Crosby presents the cheque from the Sidney Crosby Foundation to Ryan Kearney, a Special Olympics golfer from Antigonish, and Michael Greek, president and CEO of the Nova Scotia Special Olympics. - NHLPA
Sidney Crosby presents the cheque from the Sidney Crosby Foundation to Ryan Kearney, a Special Olympics golfer from Antigonish, and Michael Greek, president and CEO of the Nova Scotia Special Olympics. - NHLPA

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 Sidney Crosby helped kick off a big week for Nova Scotia’s Special Olympics athletes by donating $50,000 to the provincial organization.

Many of the province’s top athletes are in Antigonish for the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games that begin Aug.1. 

The announcement of the donation was made on the Sidney Crosby Foundation Twitter account July 31. 

Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain and Olympic hero, was honoured as Nova Scotia’s No.1 all-time athlete by the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame at the One Night Only gala last Thursday.

~ The Chronicle Herald

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