{"id":7616,"date":"2017-05-30T17:32:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=7616"},"modified":"2017-05-30T17:32:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:32:33","slug":"friendship-on-ice-and-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2017\/05\/30\/friendship-on-ice-and-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship on ice &#8230; and off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/NOW-Big-Check87-Export.jpg\" alt=\"Minasie laughs with men's hockey players\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/NOW-Big-Check87-Export.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/05\/NOW-Big-Check87-Export-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Minasie Theophilos <\/span><\/strong>has cared for Augsburg\u2019s athletic facilities\u2014most notably the ice arena\u2014during his more than 25 years of service on the College\u2019s custodial staff. Theophilos and the <a href=\"http:\/\/athletics.augsburg.edu\/index.aspx?tab=icehockey&amp;path=mhockey\">men\u2019s\u00a0hockey team<\/a> developed a life-changing relationship that was shared by media outlets across the\u00a0United States and around the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When members of the team learned that Theophilos\u2019 mother had died in Ethiopia\u2014a home\u00a0Theophilos hasn\u2019t seen for nearly 35 years\u2014and that Theophilos missed her funeral because he didn\u2019t\u00a0have the money to visit, the team created a fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In less than 48 hours, the players and Auggies\u00a0worldwide raised thousands of dollars for\u00a0Theophilos to use to visit his family. Today, Theophilos and his wife are planning a\u00a0trip to see his father and their families, thanks\u00a0to a special friendship with the Augsburg\u00a0athletes he has supported for decades.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIn the category of \u2018you raised \u2019em right,\u2019\u00a0we give you the kids of the Augsburg hockey team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mprnews.org\/newscut\/2017\/03\/hockey-team-raises-money-to-reunite-school-employee-with-family\/\">Bob Collins,\u00a0Minnesota Public Radio News Cut<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>[Top image]:<\/strong> After a morning practice, goaltender <strong>Jordyn Kaufer \u201917<\/strong> and members of the Augsburg men\u2019s\u00a0hockey team presented Theophilos with a check for $5,000. In comments aired on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kare11.com\/news\/hockey-team-raises-money-for-augsburg-worker-to-see-family\/422843824\">KARE 11 news<\/a>, Kaufer told Theophilos the sum was, \u201cA token to give you thanks for your\u00a0selflessness, your service, your care to the rink and the guys.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minasie Theophilos has cared for Augsburg\u2019s athletic facilities\u2014most notably the ice arena\u2014during his more than 25 years of service on the College\u2019s custodial staff. Theophilos and the men\u2019s\u00a0hockey team developed a life-changing relationship that was shared by media outlets across the\u00a0United States and around the globe. When members of the team learned that Theophilos\u2019 mother <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":7733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-7616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-quad","tag-spring-summer-2017"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7616"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7995,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7616\/revisions\/7995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}