The Westhampton High School Beach varsity wrestling team has come together to raise money for the Live Your Cor Foundation and the Hurricane Mat Club through a Pin Pot campaign.
The fundraiser, according to coach Paul Bass, started earlier this year when his athletes said they wanted to do something in the name of Westhampton Beach graduate Cory Hubbard, who was struck by a car and passed away last January while crossing the street near his Maryland college.

While attending Westhampton Beach High School, Hubbard was a captain of the wresting team. The campaign asks for community members to pledge donations for every “pin” wresting players make at meets throughout February.
Half of the money raised, said Bass, will be donated to the Live Your Cor Foundation, which was started by Hubbard’s parents as a memorial to their son. The foundation provides money to families facing personal hardship and also provides scholarships to Westhampton Beach students. The remaining funding will go toward the Hurricane Mat Club, which provides funds for the wrestling team.

Bass noted that donations have been pouring in with pledges locked in at $5 and 10 cents per pin. On average, Bass said, his team, as a whole, makes about 217 pins per season. The team has set up a website for community members to make pledges and can be accessed at http://whbwrestling.net.

More than 40 members of the high school Interact Club and middle school National Junior Honor Society (which includes student athletes) teamed up with the Port Jefferson Rotary Club to help ready Camp Paquatuck for the winter.

The volunteers came together on Nov. 9 to rake and bag thousands of leaves and store picnic benches at the Center Moriches camp, which provides special needs children and young adults with camping experiences.

The volunteers plan to return in the spring to mulch flower beds, ready cabins and apply fresh paint to the dorm rooms and outer buildings.

Story courtesy of: http://www.portjeffschools.org/news/

Longwood Cheerleading spent their Saturday Afternoon delivering TOYS FOR TOTS for Stony Brook University Hospital Children.

They started doing this several years ago when the Coach’s granddaughter was in the hospital and she got to see firsthand what families go through and how much the kids need toys there while they are being taken care of.

These girls did an amazing job making an impact and spreading come much needed holiday cheer.

USC held its fourth annual Community Bowl on Dec. 6 at El Sereno Middle School, in which over 140 student-athletes partnered with more than 300 El Sereno students to beautify the school, practice good study habits and play games.

The focus of the day was mentorship on behalf of the Trojans, as representatives from nearly every sport spent one-on-one time with the middle school students. The entire day was a success with the students completing over 30 projects ranging from mural painting to flower planting to school clean up.

To read more, please visit: http://news.usc.edu/72519/student-athletes-lend-a-hand-at-annual-community-bowl/

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri student-athletes and coaches were out in the Cape Girardeau community in force over the weekend to help spread holiday cheer and end hunger in our region and on a global scale.

Redhawk student-athletes participated in Old Town Cape’s Downtown Christmas Open House, Feed My Starving Children, and the Salvation Army’s canned food drive.

Athletes attended Old Town Cape’s Downtown Christmas Open House Friday evening. The Redhawks visited with local community members and assisted in making holiday arts and crafts with kids at Discovery Playhouse in downtown Cape Girardeau.

A number of student-athletes and coaches were on hand at the Osage Center throughout the weekend to pack meals for Feed My Starving Children. The Redhawks helped package over 113,600 meals to help 313 children all around the world.

The Redhawks also attended the Cape Girardeau Salvation Army’s Canned Film Festival Saturday at Wehrenberg Theatres Cape 14 Cine. The Redhawks assisted in boxing over 33,000 canned goods throughout the day.

This semester, Southeast Missouri student-athletes and coaches have put in about 1,900 community service hours. During the 2013-14 academic year, the Redhawks logged over 3,000 hours in the community.

Source: http://gosoutheast.com/news/2014/12/8/GEN_1208141708.aspx