The R&B jams playing overhead inside the crowded food box assembly area at the St. Mary's Food Bank made the work that much more enjoyable for Xavier Gutierrez.
The Arizona Coyotes president and CEO later joked about the warehouse having his playlist.
But Wednesday was more meaningful to Gutierrez, who along with longtime former Coyote captain Shane Doan, strategic advisor for business and hockey operations Alex Meruelo Jr. and a large group of team staff members volunteered to fill food boxes for the needy at the Phoenix food bank.
March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day in Arizona and throughout the United States, in honor of the civil rights activist and labor leader who was born in the state (on March 31) and championed the cause for fair treatment of agriculture workers, many of Mexican descent, from the 1950s until his death in 1993.