Chattanooga Roller Girls Skate Their Way Into Children’s Hospital

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Seven-year-old Autumn Jack of Ooltewah gets a head start on her scooter as Violet Heartbreaker and Tamara Obscura race on roller skates behind her.
Seven-year-old Autumn Jack of Ooltewah gets a head start on her scooter as Violet Heartbreaker and Tamara Obscura race on roller skates behind her.

Four of the Chattanooga Roller Girls were seen rolling down the hallways of Children’s Hospital at Erlanger while visiting several young patients along the way. 

A few weeks before their visit, five of the 25 team members participated in Jack’s Chattanoggins’s event and shaved their heads to raise money in support of Children’s Hospital.  The team, score keepers and referees all pitched in to help the girls raise over $4,100.  It was during that time some of team members decided they wanted to visit the children and see what difference their fundraising efforts make to the patients who are treated at the hospital. 

As mothers and young women who are also huge kids at heart, they rolled right in and played games with the patients, participated in a race with a patient on a scooter and signed posters for patients who were recovering in bed.  

For more information on the Chattanooga Roller Girls and to view their upcoming schedule, visit http://chattanoogarollergirls.com
 

Nine-year-old Ethan Vice from Fort Oglethorpe received a surprise visit from four of the Chattanooga Roller Girls (in no particular order), Tamara Obscura, Violet Heartbreaker, Wagzilla and Regina S.p.e.c.t.e.r and their coach, Craig Mizell.
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