Former Prince Albert Raiders prospect Adam Herold (left) during Raiders training camp. He was the youngest victim of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. (File photo/paNOW staff)

By Logan Lehmann

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The Adam Herold Legacy Foundation is gearing up for another year of its Hockey and Leadership Development Program which teaches kids both hockey and humanitarian skills.

The foundation was established to honour Adam Herold, the youngest person killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. The program provides opportunities for youth players in the province to develop and refine not just their skills on the ice, but also their leadership potential.

The camps are three days long and take place in three different communities across the province during the hockey season. In order to have the Foundation bring a camp to a local community, applications must be summited online and members then award the camps to those chosen communities.

Adam’s father, Russell told paNOW about how applications are going so far.

“Applications are open into April and I think right now, we’re somewhere around 15 applications so far,” he said. “We’ve been to 13 communities across Saskatchewan since we started (the program), it’s been busy.”

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Some of the 13 communities include Naicam, Carrot River, Preeceville, Biggar, and St. Walburg.

Herold also talked about some of the lessons they teach the kids at these camps.

“There are leadership sessions where we encourage the kids to do ten hours of volunteering in their community,” he explained. “We also do off-ice fitness, where we show them how they can workout at home, they don’t need a gym. We also talk a little bit about nutrition. There’s also team building which has been really popular, just get the kids to work together and teach them how to do things as a group, show them leadership while still working together.”

As for his son, Adam was always willing to help others to make his community and province a better place. When asked what it meant to help people and communities like his son loved to do, Russell said it’s all worth it.

“When you get some of the stories of people coming and thanking you for having the camp and they tell you that it made a difference, it does make it feel worthwhile,” he said. “You’re just hoping that you can make a small difference in somebody’s life where they can see that everyone can be a leader in their own right and you don’t have to be the most popular kid in the class or the best athlete.”

Communities interested in applying for the program can head to the Adam Herold Legacy Foundation website or head to the Foundation’s Facebook page.

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