Dalhousie University hockey player Alec Bélanger, 21, has started a program that pairs student volunteers with children with Down syndrome and their siblings, offering them a place to play and do activities. 'If there's one thing that I don't want to live without, it would be this program,' says Alec Bélanger, 21Dalhousie University hockey player Alec Bélanger, right, is the recipient of this year's Atlantic University Sport student-athlete community service award.
He started a program that pairs student volunteers with children with Down syndrome and their siblings, offering them a place to play and do activities. (Richard Woodbury/CBC)When Dalhousie University hockey player Alec Bélanger played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League, the coaches stressed the importance of community involvement to their players. For the then 16-year-old who had some growing up to do, he didn't understand what it had to do with hockey.Now 21, Bélanger, who was born in Quebec City but moved around a lot, has wrapped up his rookie season with the Tiger
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