42 Panthers made the early morning trip to Scranton Elementary to welcome students and staff. Great work Panthers!
To see the photos and learn more: http://lakecityathletics.org/2016/09/09/scranton-elementary-visit-gallery/
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42 Panthers made the early morning trip to Scranton Elementary to welcome students and staff. Great work Panthers!
To see the photos and learn more: http://lakecityathletics.org/2016/09/09/scranton-elementary-visit-gallery/
As the 2016-17 school year gets underway, the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team took time away from their studies and basketball workouts to volunteer Tuesday afternoon at the Newport Primary School.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity for our guys to impact young people,” stated John Brannen, NKU men’s basketball head coach. “One of our core values is sacrifice. Being able to take the platform that we have as men’s basketball players and members in this community to impact young people is where it starts for us.”
Members of the team spent time in first and second grade classrooms, where they helped with everything from reading and writing to math, music and physical education. The student-athletes were also asked to talk to the Newport students about hard work.
“It’s very important for our students to see that hard work will get you somewhere,” said Josh Snapp, Newport Primary School Principal. “The student-athletes spoke to our students about the value of hard work and that hard work can take you places you’ve never experienced. Newport is the world to our students and they need to understand the world is larger than Newport. It takes a village to raise a child and it was great to have the NKU men’s basketball team help with that today.”
Snapp continued, “I also feel the men’s basketball players gained from volunteering with our students. In working with the first and second graders they can see that this is where they came from, which helps to put all of their hard work and success into perspective.”
Redshirt sophomore Jeff Garrett spent time working one-on-one with students on some of their math skills, but it was the ability to see the larger picture that resonated with Garrett.
“It was a lot of fun,” said Garrett. “It took me back to the days when I was in school sitting in those seats and someone would come in and help me with my math, drawing or just have a conversation with me.”
Sophomore Brandon Maxwell joined one session of music, where he helped students learn the Star Spangled Banner. Sophomore Brennan Gills, freshmen Mason Faulkner and Carson Williams and Coach Brannen assisted students with a variety of exercises during gym class, including rock climbing, balance beam and medicine ball toss.
However, freshman Blake Spellman stole the show when he broke out his dancing skills to a song about counting to 100.
“It was amazing just to be able to bring a smile to the kids’ faces,” said Spellman. “Being able to be there, talk to them, draw with them and interact with them was just amazing.”
NKU men’s basketball has a rich tradition of community service. Last year, the team amassed just shy of 200 hours helping out in the community.
From NKU Athletic Communications
Source: http://www.rcnky.com/articles/2016/08/30/nku-mens-basketball-players-volunteer-work-young-newport-students
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – On Wednesday, August 31, Wesleyan University welcomed approximately 844 new, transfer, international and exchange students and their families to the Wesleyan community. Several Cardinal student-athletes were there to help those students and their families move in.
“We want our student-athletes involved in community service and this is an opportunity to make our newest Cardinals feel at home on campus,” said Director of Athletics, Mike Whalen ’83. “We’ve been doing this for six years now and the first-years and their parents appreciate it.
“We hope they’ll come out and support us at our games, and it’s important to welcome them and show them that Wesleyan is a great community to be a part of.”
The 2016-17 athletics season begins next Tuesday, Sept. 6 when the men’s soccer team travels to Willimantic, Conn. to face Eastern Connecticut State University at 4 p.m. The following day, Wednesday, Sept. 7, the women’s soccer team hosts UMass Boston at 4:30 p.m. for the first athletic contest on campus in the new academic year.
Source: http://athletics.wesleyan.edu/general/2016-17/releases/20160901osxreu
MEDIA, Pa. — Students at Penn State Brandywine started the 2016-17 academic year with three community service projects that fostered positive change in both Delaware and Chester counties.
During the campus’s New Student Orientation, incoming freshmen worked in teams to make nearly 50 blankets for local community members in need. Later, the Penn Staters hand-delivered the blankets to Cityteam Chester, which provides support for people living in poverty by supplying meals, shelter and clothing.
Associate Director of Student Affairs Stephanie Jones, who helped organize the service effort, said that the project showed incoming freshmen the campus’ “commitment to community engagement.”
“I believe this service opportunity was meaningful for students because they were able to witness firsthand how the blankets they created would be utilized,” she said. “By delivering the items themselves, students learned about the resources and services provided by Cityteam Chester.”
First-year students in Associate Professor of Psychology Pauline Guerin’s Introduction to Psychology class spent a day volunteering their time at Pete’s Produce Farm in West Chester. The honors students picked and packed vegetables that were later donated to the Chester County Food Bank in Exton.
According to the food bank’s website, more than 180,000 pounds of mixed vegetables are grown at Springton Manor Farm, Pete’s Produce Farm and other area farms. The vegetables are then sent to the food bank for distribution to those in need of food assistance in Chester County.
“As new students to Penn State Brandywine, teaching our freshmen the value of contributing to our local community is an important first step,” Guerin said. “We always need to know what our local context is.”
Penn State Brandywine Athletics started the 2016-17 athletic year with a community service competition. Each Brandywine sports team was tasked with collecting school supplies that were later donated to schools in Chester through the Second Time Around Parents program. In total, nearly 600 school supply items were donated by 150 student-athletes, and the women’s volleyball team won the competition with the most items collected.
“It makes me extremely proud to see all of our teams come together for a good cause,” said Assistant Athletic Director Bobbi Caprice. “It’s important that our student-athletes not only succeed academically and athletically but also grow socially.”
Source: http://brandywine.psu.edu/story/4530/2016/09/02/brandywine-students-kick-fall-semester-community-service
More than 500 area students now have the backpacks and school supplies they need to be successful in school, thanks to Westhampton Beach High School junior Arianna DeMattei.
Just prior to the start of the 2016-17 school year, DeMattei distributed the backpacks and school supplies to students in need in the Westhampton Beach, Quogue and Center Moriches school districts.
The backpacks and supplies were donated by DeMattei’s five-year-old fundraising project, Backpacks for Fellow Students. The effort began as a bat mitzvah project, but has since expanded. Since its inception, BFFS has provided more than 1,000 backpacks to local students.
Photo Caption: Westhampton Beach High School junior Arianna DeMattei assisted Westhampton Beach Elementary School students with selecting backpacks on Aug. 31.
Photo courtesy of the Westhampton Beach School District