There is a small contingent of bloggers/writers that actually do something of value with their power audience. I’ve been a fan of HOCKEENIGHT since my days of writing for the creatively named Hawkey Blog, and you can always find a link to their site on the sidebar. Anyway, HOCKEENIGHT is raising funds for Susan G. Komen For The Cure in the fight against breast cancer. They are trying to surpass the $2000 threshold, and are well on their way.

Here is some more information provided by HOCKEENIGHT’s Forklift:

“Thanks Leigh for giving me a moment…for those who don’t venture over to the corner of the Hawks’ blogosphere known as HOCKEENIGHT, I represent 50% of what goes on there. Along with our own brand of infantile humor and hockey ranting, we also have managed to accomplish some good things, helping people out (we always have a link to a charity on our site).

One thing I’m very proud of is an event called “Dancing With Chicago Celebrities”, which is being held March 12th in Chicago. It’s basically a Chicago version of “Dancing With The Stars”, and I have a fundraising page set up here.

This raises money for Susan G. Komen For The Cure, which is raising awareness for breast cancer, along with provding treatment and working toward a cure. Now, here’s where you come in…all I’m asking is that one day you brown bag your lunch and send us $10. In the short time we’ve had this year’s fundraising site up, we’ve already raised over $300. That’s more than enough for 2 mammograms.

So again, thanks to Leigh for letting me get up on my soapbox here, and thanks for any help anyone can provide.”