Bridgeport, Conn. – The Molloy athletic department has been named the E.C.C. Cares Award recipients for raising the most money per student-athlete for collective causes during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Molloy athletics raised just under $20,000 for causes this year. They participated in a number of fundraisers that benefitted such great organizations as the Play 4 Kay Foundation, Wounded Warrior, and Strike Out Cancer. The Lions also helped to raise over $13,000 for NCAA Division II partner, the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Molloy was recognized at the East Coast Conference Awards Dinner where they received a plaque and a $500 grant for 2015-2016.

For the 2014 – 2015 school year, Team Up 4 Community and NBTY Helping Hands / Met-RX set the challenge to encourage our Youth Athletes to give back $300,000 worth of service throughout our L.I. Communities and Participate in the Largest L.I. Sports Community Service Challenge.

The Youth Athletes EXCEEDED this goal by completing over $358,000 in value of service to their communities!

Recognizing that community service helps promote responsibility and character in young people, TeamUp4Community partnered with Met-Rx and NBTY Helping Hands in the “L.I. $300K Sports Give Back Challenge,” an interactive contest that challenged our Long Island Athletes to compete in service projects this past school year. This challenge encouraged community service among student athletes between the ages of 6 and 24. The Challenged successfully completed with submissions totaling 49,437 hours of community service work performed by over 12,000 Youth Athletes between September 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. The value of their time served in the community is worth over $358,418 given back in service.

TU4C engages and empowers youth athletes and others to initiate community service projects through its online challenges. The platform also provides them with an interactive set of resources to advocate and promote their social responsibility amongst their peers, family, schools, organizations and communities. TU4C serves as central hub and a launching pad to help develop new programs to meet athletes, organizations, and community needs.

Team Up 4 Community’s Online Challenges are making community service contagious!

– See more at: http://teamup4community.org/300k-sports-giveback-challenge-closed#sthash.TcLbWPJf.dpuf

Amherst, N.Y. – On Wednesday, June 3, representatives from the Daemen College Athletic Department volunteered at four area Tim Hortons locations as part of its annual Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation Camp Day which aims to raise funds to send kids from low-income families to camp for an unforgettable experience this summer.

As part of its Camp Day celebration, Tim Hortons donates 100-percent of its coffee sales that day to the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation. In addition, volunteers from local organizations, such as Daemen Athletics, participate in the festivities by welcoming guests, serving coffee and thanking customers for their donations.

“We, at Daemen Athletics, were honored to participate in the annual Tim Hortons Camp Day,” said Dawn Reed, Assistant Athletic Director for External Relations, who organized Daemen Athletics’ involvement. “We are grateful for the investment the Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation makes in the Western New York community and are proud to support these initiatives.”

Officials from various Daemen teams participated in the event, including men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s cross country/track and field and men’s golf. Director of Athletics Bridget Niland and Associate Athletic Director Jessica Gorski were also on hand.

All-in-all, Tim Hortons raised $12.4 million on Camp Day across all of its locations in North America.

Provided by the Daemen Sports Information Department.

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (Jul. 21, 2015) – Last October, the LIU Post Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) teamed up with the Make-A-Wish foundation to help grant a wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition.

The money that was raised during LIU Post’s Homecoming festivities helped purchase a professional-level custom Yamaha oboe for Naro, a sophomore in high school who is battling Ewing sarcoma.

TROJAN OUTREACH 2014-2015 COMMUNITY SERVICE YEAR-IN-REVIEW

USC student-athletes did 4023 hours of community service and served 265 organizations.
16 of 21 sports had 100% of their student-athletes involved.
Chris Willson (FB) won the Community Service Award from the Trojan Athletics Parents Association.
The Women’s Soccer Team won USC’s Service Champions Award (the team completing the most number of community service hours per student-athlete) with 13.2 hours per athlete.
The 35th annual Swim With Mike raised $1.1 million for scholarships for physically challenged athletes

Trojan Outreach By the Numbers:
4023 Hours of Service
Averaged 7.8 Hours per Athlete
96% Participation from Athletes
265 Organizations Served
302 Community Events
36,000 People Reached
$750,000 in Value Added to the Community

Service Projects by Sport:
Baseball (Rose Cup, West Los Angeles Veteran Hospital visit, Community Bowl)
Men’s Basketball (SCORE Initiative, 32nd Street School, Boy Scouts Clinic, Homecoming Booth, Ready, Set, Gold)
Football (LA Mission, Friends of Jaclyn, Pros v. GI Joes, Community Bowl, Christmas Carnival, Holiday Gift Give-Aways, SCORE Initiative, 186th Street School, Day in Troy, Watts Bears, Swim with Mike, SCORE Sports Days, Make-A-Wish)
Men’s Golf (Community Bowl, Day In Troy, Rose Cup)
Men’s Swimming/Diving (Meal Packing, Day in Troy, Swim with Mike)
Men’s Tennis (Rose Cup, SCORE Initiative, Harper for Kids, Community Bowl, Day in Troy, Alliance Academy, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles)
Men’s Track (Kick 4 Kids, Thanksgiving Dinner, Community Bowl, Christmas Carnival, Gift Give-Aways, Day in Troy)
Men’s Volleyball
Men’s Water Polo
Women’s Basketball (Rose Cup, Homecoming Booth, Senior Women’s Basketball Association, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Christmas Carnival, Girl Scout Clinic, Swim with Mike, Ready, Set, Gold)
Women’s Cross Country (Kick 4 Kids, A Day in Troy)
Women’s Golf (Rose Cup, Community Bowl)
Women’s Lacrosse (Rose Cup, Girls PLAY, Community Bowl, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Girl Scout Clinic, Lacrosse Skills Clinics)
Women’s Rowing (Meters for Melanoma Project, CA Science Center, Community Bowl, Adopt-a-Family, Cathedral Delivery, Day in Troy, A Place Called Home, Little SCientists,)
Women’s Sand Volleyball (Rose Cup, Monster Match, USA Volleyball Clinics, Gardening Project, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Community Bowl, Girl Scout Clinic, Day in Troy, Little SCientists)
Women’ Soccer (Community Bowl, Gift Give-Away, Girl Scout Clinic,Girls PLAY, Day in Troy, LAFC Clinic, SCORE Initiative, Spring into Action, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles)
Women’s Swimming/Diving (Meal Packing, SCORE Initiative, Bethune M.S., A Day in Troy, Swim with Mike)
Women’s Tennis (Rose Cup, Community Bowl, Day in Troy, SCORE Initiative, 32nd Street School)
Women’s Track (Kick 4 Kids, Thanksgiving Dinner, Community Bowl, Christmas Carnival, A Day in Troy)
Women’s Volleyball (Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Monster Match, Girl Scout Clinic, Day in Troy)
Women’s Water Polo (Girls PLAY)

To learn more please visit: http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/comm-outreach/