Falcon Of The Week: Alex Brocchini

Meet the CB senior who has a tasty way to help the poor.

Since freshman year, Alex Brocchini (’13) has been making a difference in Sacramento. Every month, with a backpack full of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Alex heads to Cesar Chavez Park in Downtown Sacramento to help the homeless.

“It started as just a way to get community service hours,” he said. “But then I really started to like what I was doing.”

As Alex hands out his tasty treats to the homeless people of Sacramento, he is greeted by well deserved smiles.

“I enjoy making people happy,” the selfless senior told the Talon. “It’s nice to directly see the affect of my work on others.”

This CB student strongly exemplifies two of the five Lasallian core principles: respect for all persons, and social justice. Although the men and women Alex gives sandwiches are quite different from him, he regards them as equals. He shares with them just as he would share with a buddy.

“This is a way for me to take a marginalized group and give them a little something that might make their day,” he says.

Over 100,000 people are homeless in the state of California. It is Alex’s hope that this number will someday be significantly lower.

“I just try to help out the best I can,” he said humbly.

It is through simple acts like Alex’s, that the benevolence of Christian Brothers students is shown.