Woburn Kids Get Hockey Tips and Training From Hockey Great Ray Bourque - Courtesy of Verizon

Woburn Kids Get Hockey Tips and Training From Hockey Great Ray Bourque - Courtesy of Verizon

Company Provides Grant to Woburn Youth Hockey Association

WOBURN, Mass. -- Hockey great Ray Bourque will be the guest instructor at the Woburn Youth Hockey Association's skills session on Saturday morning, March 18, at the O'Brien Rink. In addition, Verizon will provide a $5,000 grant to the association. To add to the excitement of the day, Kevin Winter of ESPN Radio WAMG 890-AM-Boston/WLLH-Lowell will serve as emcee for the festivities and broadcast from the rink. Verizon has distributed 1,500 tickets to Woburn residents and their children.

WHEN: Saturday, March 18, from 8:30 - 11 a.m.

WHERE: The O'Brien Rink, 55 Locust St., Woburn.
781-938-1620

WHO: -- Ray Bourque, former NHL Boston Bruins star, will provide hockey
tips and instruction to kids, 8:30 - 10:15 a.m.
-- Bob Driscoll, Verizon regional sales VP-consumer sales for the
Northeast, will present a $5,000 check to the Woburn Youth Hockey
Association (about 9:20 a.m.).

BACKGROUND: Verizon recently began offering FiOS TV in both Woburn and Reading. In connection with the introduction, the company is hosting several events in the area to familiarize residents with FiOS TV's superior value, broad range of programming choices and superior picture quality. FiOS TV and Internet service are brought to Woburn and thousands of other communities across the country over Verizon's fiber-to-the-premises network. The network brings the power and capacity of fiber optics directly into people's homes and has industry-leading quality and reliability. Fiber delivers amazingly sharp pictures and sound, and has the capacity to transmit a wide array of high- definition programming that is so clear and intense it seems to leap from the TV screen.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Patricia Harty, Verizon
781-224-2005
617-548-1332 (cell)

John Bonomo, Verizon
917-838-9142 (cell)

Catherine Brett, ESPN
860-766-2000

PRNewswire -- March 17

Source: Verizon

Web site: http://www.verizon.com/

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