NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Members of the Southern Connecticut State University football and field hockey teams took part in a cleanup sponsored by the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Sports Council on Sunday. The Owls joined forces with student-athletes from several area colleges in the event, which featured beautification of the area along the Quinnipiac River on Front Street. In all, nearly 75 coaches, student-athletes and community members participated in the cleanup.

This program is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes will take part in 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 have volunteered more than 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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