Patrik Laine and Aleksandr Barkov raise a large amount of money for a great cause
Sasha Barkov and Patrik Laine are best friends and while they don't share the same team, unfortunately for Columbus Blue Jackets fans, they share the sport of golf once a year and use it as a vehicle of change.
In their fourth annual charity golf tournament, they raised over $100,000.00 for the Tampere Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.
"It's getting bigger all the time," Barkov said. "The first time, we didn't really know if it would last. You just lived in the moment. Now, it's becoming a tradition, not just for us but for the people who come to it. It does good things for the community in Finland and tries to help the people."
That was in 2021, after the tournament which seems to be gaining traction in Finland. The tournament has included involvement from different celebrities in Finland including Jussi Jokinen, Rasmus Ristolainen and Sami Valimaki.
In 2021, Laine & Barkov Charity Golf collected a whopping �139,794 for Hope Ry Tampere. The proceeds were directed to the seasonal fees for sports activities for children of needy families with children without amortization. More than 400 families have received support for their children's sports activities from this amount, and support is still given to new families.
Some of the items included in the event involved signed jerseys from NHL stars including Mikko Rantanen, Auston Matthews, and Barkov himself.
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