May 17, 2012

CAPS: New Courage Caps

COURAGE = Mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty

The new Courage Caps will be on sale beginning Saturday, Nov. 12!

Courage Caps and Courage T-shirts will be sold for $20 each online at WashingtonCaps.com, at the Team Store and stands throughout Verizon Center during Capitals home games and at the Washington Capitals Team Store at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. Courage Caps are team-issued and branded hats that will be sold through December.

New Caps Courage Caps and T-Shirts (Photo Courtesy of Washington Capitals)

There will also be a limited number of autographed Courage Caps and T-shirts available for sale at WashingtonCaps.com and at the community relations table located behind section 104 on the main concourse at Verizon Center. For $50, fans can purchase a Courage Cap or T-shirt signed by Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin or Tomas Vokoun; for $35, fans can purchase a Courage Cap or T-shirt signed by any other individual Capitals player.

You too can show your support of their courageous efforts and join the Capitals to help make a difference. All it takes is one Courage Cap or Courage T-shirt; purchase yours today. For more information, click here. This year, 100% of the proceeds will benefit TAPS, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the families of the fallen. TAPS provides comfort and care for anyone who has suffered the loss of a military loved one.

Courage Caps is in its fifth season and has raised nearly $140,000 for charity in its first four years, including a record number $46,837 last season. Courage Caps are presented by SKYDEX Technologies.

“SKYDEX has been proud to sponsor Caps programs, because the Caps do so much for our men and women in uniform,” said Mike Buchen, SKYDEX President and CEO. “We’re especially proud to be sponsoring the Courage Caps campaign to benefit TAPS. SKYDEX is all about protecting America’s warriors and saving lives. TAPS is all about helping loved ones those whose lives are shattered when a warrior makes the ultimate sacrifice. There is no more honorable or more important work.”

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.  ~John F. Kennedy

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