The Blue Jackets Foundation has partnered with Petland and Canine Companions for Independence® to bring you the 2012 Pucks & Paws Calendar. This one-of-a-kind calendar features Jackets players alongside assistance dogs and puppies in training from Canine Companions for Independence®, the nation’s largest non-profit provider of trained assistance dogs to children and adults with physical disabilities.

The calendar will be available in December with proceeds benefiting Canine Companions for Independence® and the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation. Players pictured with the dogs and puppies from Canine Companions include Rick Nash, Jared Boll, Grant Clitsome, Derek MacKenzie and Marc Methot while photos of Matt Calvert, Mark Dekanich, Steve Mason, R.J. Umberger, Antoine Vermette and James Wisniewski also feature the players’ personal pets alongside the Canine Companion dogs.

CLICK HERE to purchase your Pucks & Paws Calendar presented by Petland online.

 

Calendars are also available at the Foundation Kiosk behind section 111 on game nights and at these select local Petland stores:

• Carriage Place: 2620 Bethel Rd., Columbus, OH 43220
• Chillicothe: 881 North Bridge St., Chillicothe, OH 45601
• Dayton: 3444 York Commons Blvd., Dayton, OH 43026
• Lewis Center: 86 Meadow Park Ave., Lewis Center, OH 43035
• Marion: 1609 Marion-Mt. Gilead Rd., Marion, OH 43302
• Pickerington: 1514 Stonecreek Dr., Pickerington, OH 43147
• Powell: 9848 Brewster Ln., Powell OH, 43065
• Hilliard: 5253 Nike Station Way, Hilliard, OH 43026

Canine Companions for Independence® provides highly-trained assistance dogs for children and adults with disabilities free of charge. As the largest non-profit provider of assistance dogs, it is recognized worldwide for the excellence of its dogs, and the quality and longevity of the matches it makes between dogs and people resulting in a life full of increased independence and loving companionship for the people they help.

 

Click Here to view FOX Sports Ohio's in-game feature of the photo shoot.