Off the slopes, Alexandre Bilodeau does a number of charitable work, more notably his work with the Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres. With such exceptional players like him, often times their performance outshines the work they do outside of it. Because Bilodeau’s abilities have been so often recognized, I particularly would like to shine a light on what he does outside of that to contribute to sports. As an honorary chair of the Alexandre Bilodeau Fund for Adapted Sports in Montreal, the fund and contributions go towards adapted sports programs with motor, hearing, vision and language impairments. Bilodeau’s older brother Frederic has cerebral palsy, so he’s discussed how for him children with physical impairments serve as his inspirations - “they’ve encouraged me to be the athlete I am today.” He has also been involved with the Cerebral Palsy Association and the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres for Cerebral Palsy Research. It’s safe to say that since his retirement in 2014, his charitable activities mean a great deal to him and have served him with the fuel that propelled him to victory. In my opinion, I think Alexandre Bilodeau would much prefer that people help support children with physical impairments by creating adapted environments that they can learn and have fun. Even if 500 years from now Alexandre Bilodeau is not remembered in name, he should be remembered by action.
