NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Southern Connecticut State University athletic department and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee recently concluded its coat drive for the New York Cares organization. This year's drive was the 24th annual event. In all, more than 100 coats were collected and will now be distributed to needy individuals.

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 volunteered more than 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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