The AxeCast - Ep. 4 - Season 2 - Former Football Axeman Kevin Garbuio

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Len and Eric chat with former Football Axeman Kevin Garbuio from Fort McMurray, AB where Kevin is a teacher at Father Mercredi High School. Kevin Garbuio is helping provide students with special needs with skills to achieve some form of independence in adulthood.Along with his duties as a teacher, Kevin has gone well beyond his job scope as the school's head football coach along with serving his community.He is involved with the Special Olympics and has hopes to get more involved with sports programs available in the Wood Buffalo region.Kevin was named to the Your McMurray Magazine's Top 50 under 50 in 2020.This past fall, Kevin created the idea of hosting a mental, emotional health event for student athletes after COVID-19 forced schools to shut down in March 2020. As classes moved online and teams cancelled games, Garbuio said he watched students in the football community struggle.