While Byer, 35, recognizes that giving money or donating clothing to the needy are among some of the most common ways to help, he recently decided to do something else: give socks. And not just a few pairs; Byer donated 1,000 pairs of socks to a charity called Toe2Toe.

At Saturday’s home football game vs. McGill, QB Trenton Miller and the rest of the football team will collect donations of NEW WHITE SOCKS and cash in support of Toe 2 Toe, a Montreal-based charity that solicits donations in an effort to provide adequate footwear to the homeless population of Montreal.

Sometimes, it only takes one experience to change a perspective on life. This was the case for medical student Chris Costello. While he is used to being the person who works with patients, he found himself on the other side of the patient’s bed in 2012 at Saint-Luc’s hospital, where he became friends with his hospital roommate, Matt.