By Darren Wildt — As most hockey parents know, being part of a hockey team means more than just showing up at the rink and playing a game. It means being part of a family. For the 4th year in a row, the Starpoint Hockey family, consisting of Varsity and JV players, coaches, and their families, donated their time to help with a community service project called Boxes of Love in downtown Buffalo. Boxes of Love was founded by Pastor Eric Johns to help inner city families with food and toys during the holiday season.
Players collected toy donations for needy children of Western New York, as well as worked in the warehouse packing 880 bags of groceries that will be distributed to families before Christmas. It was an impressive sight to see the boy’s teamwork off the ice as they gave back to our WNY community.
After the work was completed, the team went back to Starpoint High School for a pizza party and team bonding. Special thanks to Good Guys Pizza in North Tonawanda for their generous donation to our effort.
(Starpoint Photo)
