NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Nearly 50 student-athletes, coaches and staff members from eight different athletic programs were on hand on Sunday to assist with the campus-wide 'Friends of Rudolph' event. This initiative, which runs in conjunction with the New Haven Police Department, brings more than 1,000 area youngsters to campus for a day filled with fun, games, and the opportunity to meet Santa Claus. Members of the football, gymnastics, men's soccer, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, women's soccer and women's lacrosse teams participated in the event.

This program is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes will take part in during the 2012-13 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 2011-12 academic year.

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