Every year, the Goffstown Hockey team selects a charity of choice. Or, over the last two seasons, they have decided to be hands-on and not let the parents and board members run a charity night that they are disconnected from. They wanted to get their hands dirty and do the work themselves. Personally, I love it. These players are all in, hands-on, and doing the work themselves.
All 22 players were there after morning practice on Wednesday morning at 8:30 am until 11:30 am.
After splitting the group in 2, they were trained on their particular jobs.
Group 1 sorted nonperishables by type, protein, pasta, drinks etc.
Group 2 sorted frozen types of meat.
After 2 hours, they probably did close to 10 pallets of food to be given out to food pantries statewide!
The groups were then given a tour of the rest of the facility including a kitchen where they prepare 300 hot meals a day.
And guess what, the players liked the volunteering.
Our donation from the food drive at a recent home game was totaled at 117# of food.
Thank you to parent volunteers -Margo Amorelli, Brenda McGregor and David DesRuisseaux who pitched in with the players.
