| Have you always considered yourselves to be a | | | | see parents staying involved by helping other |
| hockey family, but now your sons and | | | | families in areas where they were once helped |
| daughters have grown up and left the game | | | | themselves! |
| behind? Do you find yourself missing that | | | | |
| early morning rush, the need to prepare a | | | | Billeting will also allow you and your family |
| good breakfast that will give them a good | | | | to retain close ties with the hockey |
| start for their game, and above all the tense | | | | community as a whole. If you can believe it, |
| and excited atmosphere that seems to spread | | | | there are people out there today who can say |
| through the house before a tournament or | | | | that Sidney Crosby stayed with them for a |
| game? | | | | weekend during a minor hockey tournament |
| | | | before coming into his own in the big |
| One way that you can keep the thrill of the | | | | leagues! To be sure, the chance to billet a |
| game alive in your house is to volunteer to | | | | future genuine hockey super star or even NHL |
| billet youngsters who are still involved in | | | | player is rare, but every kid that plays does |
| the game. Billeting is a time honoured | | | | have this dream to some degree, and their |
| tradition among hockey parents, who know all | | | | enthusiasm can be very catching. |
| too well how expensive hockey can be. | | | | |
| Travelling from town to town for games can | | | | In addition, the young players you billet |
| really add up if a team is forced to pay for | | | | will bring an atmosphere of excitement into |
| accommodations, and billets are always | | | | your home that you may have forgotten about |
| needed. Consider the following: | | | | after your own kids hung up their skates or |
| | | | moved out. There is really nothing like the |
| Every year, thousands of parents and | | | | pre-game breakfast, talking about the game |
| grandparents make the competitive hockey | | | | over a dinner, and about the activity of the |
| dreams of minor hockey players come true by | | | | next day. If you find that you are missing |
| providing them with a place to stay while | | | | all of the subtle blessings that being |
| they are out of town. For many youngsters, | | | | involved in ice hockey has to offer, |
| these trips would be financially impossible | | | | billeting might just be the way to get back |
| without a place to stay free of charge! If | | | | in touch! For more information on this |
| you are or were a hockey family, you know the | | | | article or a youth hockey tournament, visit |
| importance that billeting volunteers played | | | | CHEHockey. |
| in your own lifestyle. It is always nice to | | | | |