Minnesota Wild, owner each donate $25,000 to Nashville relief effort

The Minnesota wild and owner Craig Leipold and his wife, Helen, each announced that they are donating $25,000 to the relief effort in Nashville following a deadly tornado outbreak. 

In a tweet, the Wild said they join the NHL community in support of those suffering from the events that occurred in Nashville. They went on to ask people to consider donating with the team to cfmt.org.

We join the @NHL community in support of those suffering from the events that occurred in Nashville.

The #mnwild is donating $25,000, and Craig and Helen Leipold are donating $25,000. Please consider donating with us. ??https://t.co/oDUMCvcXnx#NashvilleStrong | @PredsNHL pic.twitter.com/Nuo0dSkzSv

— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) March 3, 2020

In response the Nashville Predators twitter account thanked the Wild for their love, support, generosity and kindness. 

Words cannot describe how grateful we are for this act of generosity and kindness.

Thank you so much for your love and support, @mnwild. ?????? https://t.co/6FRXnbMOeu

— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) March 3, 2020

The Predators play the Wild in St. Paul Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The Wild have announced that they will hold a moment of silence to commemorate those that have been affected by the tornado outbreak in Tennessee.

Tornadoes devastate Tennessee, killing at least 25 people