Courtesy of TBN:
Sabres' Kaleta scores a winner with foundation
"The Buffalo Sabres forward and his family have grand plans for HITS, which stands for Helping Individuals To Smile and incorporates his hard-checking reputation. The first goal is to build a multisport complex in Springville. Kaleta has already purchased land behind the Wal- Mart plaza on Route 219. His program will be similar to Hasek's Heroes, the charity launched by Sabres legend Dominik Hasek in which underprivileged kids can play hockey in the city.
"There's a lot of hard-working people out in the Southern Tier that could use the help, too," said Tom Kaleta, who raised his family in Angola and helped come up with the HITS acronym. "It kind of makes sense of what we're trying to do. It's not just helping that young child play ice hockey or soccer or whatever. The other person beside them that's going to be smiling is the parents because they possibly weren't able to afford to have them play the sport or be involved."
Looking really good on the kid. He does us proud, on the ice as well as off.
...unlike another "Pat K.", who is earning a substantially greater salary...
