March 25, 2008

A memorial service celebrating the life of Coach Stathis is planned for March 30th at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church-Woodstock, Georgia. http://www.fbcw.org/508.htm (CLICK ON DIRECTIONS)

Current players are asked to wear their new gold GT jersey to the service and to bring their hockey stick. Alumni players are asked to wear their choice of their gold GT hockey jacket, the black Koho GT hockey jacket, or their old GT jersey – bring a stick if you are able to do so.

If you have digital photos of Coach Stathis that you would like included in the power-point presentation, please email them to the two addresses below.

In lieu of flowers – the family is asking that contributions be sent to a fund that has been established to assist youth hockey players financially in the form of scholarships. In addition to coaching GT for 17-years, Greg Stathis and his beloved brother, George Stathis also owned and ran the largest hockey pro shop in the southeast – Hockey Time USA. He also ran an in-line hockey league at his Hockey Time USA rink in Woodstock, GA. When families did not have enough money to pay for their son or daughter to play in the league, Greg offered them a “scholarship” which he paid out of his own pocket. We want to keep that act of generosity alive by establishing the memorial fund. The family request that flowers not be sent and instead, interested individuals are asked to consider donating to the following:

(Make checks out to)

Greg Stathis Memorial Fund

Mail to:

c/o
GT Assistant Coach
Brian McSparron
620 Whistler Drive
Canton, GA 30115

Individuals are encouraged to send in any thoughts or remembrance of Greg Stathis that will be shared with the audience during the celebration ceremony. Any message that you would like to be read can be emailed to: SargeDay@Knology.net and abnormalwon@yahoo.com