There are people in this world who come up with ideas about a million times better than anything else I will ever fathom. Adam Sherlip is one of them. Adam, better known to his social media followers as the “Hockey Volunteer,” is currently raising money to travel to Ladakh, India to teach hockey to local students. In his previous work with three time Olympian and women’s hockey legend Angela Ruggiero, Adam traveled to China to instruct a youth league there with Project Hope, an outreach project of the New York Islanders. Adam, Angela and Project Hope eventually brought youth hockey teams from the Heilongjiang Province to the United States on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to play against American youth hockey teams and meet other hockey players like themselves.
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to ask Adam five questions as he prepares for his upcoming trip. Continue reading