NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Student-athletes from the Southern Connecticut State University men's basketball, football and track and field teams traveled to the Beecher School in New Haven on Thursday afternoon in the first session of an interactive academic/athletic program with fifth grade students at the school. Today, the Owls help teach the youngsters at Beecher School about teamwork using kickball as a teaching strategy.

This program is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes 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 4,000 hours of their time to numerous outreach efforts, both on-campus and in Greater New Haven, during the 2014-15 academic year.

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