“We were looking for some team-building activities and one of the parents, Mrs. Koslov, approached us about this opportunity,” explained Brad Turner, an assistant coach of the boys’ ice hockey team and an Upper School science teacher at MBS. “We found it to be a situation where we could get the guys together away from the ice rink and help other people at the same time.”

The students organized bags of donated food and also helped transfer cans of food from the storage facility in the basement of the church to the kitchen. The team hopes to make their volunteer efforts an ongoing project.

“This is the second time we’ve volunteered this winter. I am not sure if our schedule will permit us to do it again this season, but we will definitely try to get this to be a standard part of the hockey program in the future,” said Mr. Turner.

Along with boys’ ice hockey coaches Randy Velischek and Brad Turner, the players who participated were: Peter Alevras ’13, Kevin Brennan ’11, Andrew Callahan ’13, Dominic Cuomo ’10, Anthony Curto ’10, Joseph Curto ’13, Daniel DePoalo ’10, Thomas DePoalo ’12, Jonathan Donofrio ’10, Dillon Driver ’12, Alex Durso ’11, Tyler Gilsenan ’11, Gregory Kirk ’11, Robert Kirk ’11, Andrew Koslov ’10, John Olcese ’12, Edward Osowski ’11, Andrew Pascal ’10, Matthew Santucci ’11, Donald Shauger ’12, Jordan Stack ’13 and Michael Winters ’10. Charlotte McAuley ’10 and Samantha Vicari ’10 also participated from the girls’ ice hockey team.