Hockey for Hunger

Adelle Ellis

Times Reporter

 

All students from Crowther Memorial Junior High School (CMJHS) were invited to take part in the school’s second Hockey for Hunger game of the school year on Feb. 15.
“This is the fourth Hockey for Hunger event showcasing our hockey program, and the second of this school year,” said CMJHS teacher, Anne Paskevich.
The game brought in around 250 items collected from students, which was less than the game that took place before Christmas.
Students who brought food donation items received raffle tickets, and at the end of the game tickets were drawn for students to win prizes, such as CMJHS toques and shirts.
The idea for the event came a few years ago when Paskevich saw a similar program on Facebook. With the help of other teachers, the program was adapted to fit CMJHS and highlight their already prominent and existing hockey program.
As the school often has shinny games, it is easy to get the whole school involved to donate to worthy causes while also letting the hockey teams show off their skills.
This year the Grade 9 hockey students were divided up into two teams that played in the Hockey for Hunger shinny. One goalie was a Grade 9 student, the other was Brad Huntley, the Grade 8 and 9 program teacher. Having a teacher in net had the crowd fired up as they cheered him on.
“This is actually our third food item drive for our students this year – we also did a huge soup [and other item] collection in November for the Veterans Food Bank, and a gigantic collection at Christmas,” said Paskevich. “We are fortunate to have such generous students within a generous community. They really just get it. They work hard at things like this.”