NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Children at the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital will receive some special holiday cheer courtesy of Southern Connecticut State University student-athletes once again this year. The Owls' Student Athlete Advisory Committee joined together with all 19 intercollegiate programs to collect funds and purchase toys for youngsters at the facility. The toys will be distributed during the holiday season.

This program is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes will take part in during the 2011-12 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 2010-11 academic year.

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