Hockey Club Seeks Families To Host Players In Howell

A local hockey organization is seeking area families to host teenage hockey players for a season as those players follow their dream of playing high-level junior hockey.

The Jersey Shore Whalers are seeking billet families for the upcoming 2018/2019 season. Billeting involves opening your home to players, not only giving them a place to stay, but allowing them to become a part of your family, as you help guide them with a stable life outside the rink while they are away from home. Billet families are paid a stipend each month to offset expenses.

The Jersey Shore Whalers Junior Hockey team based out of Brick and Howell hosts players ages 16 to 20 from all over the country and the world who are looking to expand their hockey path to college and some even beyond. The team plays in the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association.

Billet families usually create long lasting relationships with these athletes that continue on long after they return home at the end of the season, and as they continue on in their hockey career.

Please reach out to Susan Pellegrino, Jersey Shore Whalers billet cCoordinator, if you are interested in hosting a player or two, or if you have any questions, at jswhalersbillet@gmail.com.

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