Check out the Checkers as they worked for charity.
CHARLOTTE -- The Charlotte Checkers traded their hockey gear in for trays and aprons this weekend.
The team waited tables at the Brixx Pizza in uptown Charlotte Sunday night to raise money for juvenile diabetes.
"It is important for the community of Charlotte to be aware of juvenile diabetes,” said Jim Steiner of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. “Thirty-five children a day throughout the
The team waited tables at the Brixx Pizza.
United States are diagnosed with diabetes. We are working diligently to fund research to find a cure for diabetes."
Said Jeff Longo, president of the Checkers, “That is the greatest thing about this organization. It is so easy for us to get our players to interact. They want to do it, and they are volunteering to be here."
For more information on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, click HERE.