NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University athletic department shared in the campus-wide Adopt-A-Family program with a contribution of several boxes of food that will be distributed to needy families in the Greater New Haven area. The contributions were made by Owls' student-athletes, coaches, fans and staff members. This annual campus-wide initiative services the Greater New Haven area during the holiday season.

This effort is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes will take part in during the 2010-11 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 3,000 hours of their time to numerous outreach efforts, both on-campus and in Greater New Haven, during the 2009-10 academic year.

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