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Ray Bourque, Hockey Hall of Famer

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Fri, 28 Aug 2009

Boston Bruins legend Ray Bourque calls in to pledge his support for the Jimmy Fund. Ray lost both his parents to cancer and certainly understands the importance of the Radio-Telethon. Ray wanted to help out in any way he could and came up with an incredible, one-of-a-kind auction item to spend "A Day With Ray".

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" Gerri I have often rented in raved about athletes in this town who don't get it right you don't understand what it's all about we'll gather we're gonna bring on the air here very shortly knows all about what it's all about and in seriously gets it. We had a that in the tiger's golf event last week out of the international. Three publicly and captains and one of them was hockey hall of Famer ray bourque ray was the first of the hall of famers to arrive. He was the last one to go people paid a lot of money to play golf with -- the ratio up you can go -- the motions he made them. Feel good about spending their money for the Jimmy Fund. -- stayed for bitter race stayed for the auction rate did everything that we could have asked for and more rejoins us on the phone what phone lines right now good morning great work no idea. Gary -- thank you for your participation last week and thank you for your participation today you as much as anybody -- know how cancer can affect the family if it affected jurors and profound way did not --"

" Yes small quite awhile ago I lost my mom actual colon cancer in -- to. And that. -- member where they're up 1 morning. They're getting your news throws just to go to. Europe can go to schools twelve years old knows the early lunch narrow. Of cancer and one can do to firmly and bomb and then this past year April 1 I lost my dad you lung cancer. And you know those I was -- was pretty Altria until voter six months ago and there'd been taken very long to. Paris what's gotten is -- bold -- so yeah I think there's not very of us that don't. They are not affected by this this season. The things that you're doing today is just phenomenal and be in a place would. Have a replacement compare fire burned just two. You know the kind of help so and so many people. There's this incredible sort of be part of the -- to try to make a difference premieres and no greater."

" I want the record to show that in all the years I've been doing this in Boston for all the years ray has been in Boston I have never. Pick of the phone and called ray. And had -- say no to anything we asked him to do in terms of charity and and in the last couple of days we -- reversed the process ray picked up the phone and called me. And ray wants to make an offer here on the air and by the way we. We do three auction items on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday we had no intention of doing another auction item because we -- what confuse people. With the call in number due to make pledges with another auction item for -- picked up the phone called me a couple of days ago wants it I got an idea. I think we're gonna name it a day with -- want to explain what it is -- in the really give a separate number for hockey fans for Bruin fans for golf fans for Italian food fans for norm then fans and those people if you apply. This might be something that you want to bid on great tells what this."

" Well that's is gonna happen in the fall of spring primary remember its home country club for a great golf course where they posted two US open to ladies open I think and 8485. -- senior open in 2001. Just phenomenal golf course in -- an avid golfer this is a place where you wanna play and I'm -- that they would. With me having lunch probably around noon played around a golf that's Salem country club. Grow more clock. Double header and soft call also will he's currently for an early wagers there and maybe. Take their time ensure our potion -- going to work stand where what voters trust got my rest on Hanover street where we'll have a great. Italian meal and then go and been used -- tickets for the Bruins game and have a good time there are so. Actually Dave -- and guarantee you -- time and I'm not sure what the gulf we never know what comes out. On the golf course but a great bills and hopefully a good hockey game and hopefully we all have good round of golf but I guarantees some fun."

" Ray that's a tremendous auction item and and we have some connections in the -- world so we're gonna make arrangements to get these three people to go to Salem country club to go to trust and go to the garden. For hockey game limo transportation as well to make it easy for everybody involved -- that worked out okay. -- thank you very much appreciate all you've done in the past some what you're doing going forward we will work this out as a date a mutually agreeable to everybody we can do it in the fall -- we can do in the spring. And and that's gonna be called the day with ray -- thank you very much we appreciate your participation."

" Or keep up the good work -- transport transfer please caller of the support there's another great and this can turn -- we -- great work and good luck thanks we will talk to you soon I just picture."

" All right -- specific number for the day with -- this is separate from the member of the we're calling for pledges this is only for the re auctioned this is gonna go past 10 o'clock there will be no other auction items this is it encapsulated 6179311850. We are Manning that number back at the -- that the radio station 6179311850. The day with -- golf. Battalion -- and a Bruins game might not battle among freeze."

" Free people to raise revenue -- just the best -- all happens a lot of times. With these star state they -- friends of the auction items for two yes because and that I you know I don't blame that on three guys they don't know they would like to bring a friend. Racist to hell with that it is -- you friend he -- three people get to go play golf it's only Salem country. Only civil -- and I and you're right there are some in the course of the international he was flap and and I don't. He's like it's like your best friend always is is a hockey player -- and -- and as we -- blessed in this -- because -- the two best players -- ever had. Unlike the two greatest guy -- and pork and organized and if we tell -- to people attend the best to -- one of the athletes from the hockey players of the best. And the best hockey players in this town are the best guys by far so that six once."

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