NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut State University student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans contributed more than 500 new and gently-used coats and clothing items during a drive that culminated during the first week of December. The items will be distributed to those in need in Greater New Haven during the holiday season. In all, two athletic department collections for coats and clothes during the fall semester have netted more than 1,000 items.

This program is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes will take part in during the 2009-10 academic year as part of the Tim Greer Insurance Agency Community Service Cup.

Initiated in September, 2008, the 'Community Service Cup' program provides a competitive format that allows student-athletes to gain an enriched experience through engagement with the on-campus and local communities by supporting ventures of traditional citizens, campus community members and peer students and student-athletes. SCSU student-athletes volunteered nearly 2,000 hours of their time to numerous outreach efforts, both on-campus and in Greater New Haven, during the 2008-09 academic year.

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