Trenton Firefighters to Play Charity Hockey Game Saturday to Benefit 'Where Angels Play'

Firefighters from Newark and Trenton will be lacing up their skates Saturday, March 23, for a charity hockey game to raise funds for “The Sandy Ground Project: Where Angels Play,” which both honors the memories of the Newtown shooting victims and help communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

The New Jersey FMBA, a firefighters union, is orchestrating The Sandy Ground Project, an effort to build playgrounds in towns in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut where damage from the October 2012 storm was most extensive.

Each of those playgrounds will be dedicated to the memory of an individual victim of the Newtown massacre, which claimed the lives of 20 young children and six faculty at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Each playground will reflect the personality of the person being honored, the FMBA also said.

Saturday’s game will be played at Ice Land, 6 Tennis Court, Hamilton, 08619. Game time is 1 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or by calling Capt. Jim McCormack of the Newark Fire Department at 973-493-8427.