St. Michael Catholic Elementary student learns leadership, teamwork and organization volunteering at hockey tournaments in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Like her father Mike, 13-year-old Ella Cwiertnewski is used to people responding with a head-scratching ‘huh?’ when she says her last name.
Also like her Dad, she has become an important volunteer with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Wolves Minor Hockey Association.
Mike is a coach as well as the local league coordinator for the Wolves. Ella also volunteers her free time with the Wolves, whose club secretary Carrie Plaskett says Ella was “absolutely crucial” in maintaining the flow of the hockey office during the recent March Break Local League Tournament held over three days at Virgil’s two arenas.
“She makes sure all the timekeepers are where they are supposed to be and that all the coaches are signing in, everything that is essential to running the tournament,” Plaskett says.
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