Number of Participants: 1
Hours Donated: 2000
Value of Time Served: $16,900
Event Type: Civic & Community
Activity: Schools
Date: June 18, 2014
Location:
1049 University Drive Duluth
Minnesota 55812, United States
About:
UMD student-athletes and staff logged approximately 2,000 volunteer hours during the 2013-14 school year. In addition to volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club, Churches United in Ministry (CHUM), the Damiano Center Kid’s Cafe, Arrowhead Juvenile Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, Minnesota Teen Challenge, Men as Peacemakers, and numerous local elementary schools (reading), hospitals and youth sports organizations such as the Salvation Army Basketball League, USA Hockey and Little League Baseball/Softball, the Bulldogs also were involved in a large number of charitable projects such as Mentor Duluth (Big Brothers/Big Sisters), Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family, Habitat for Humanity, Adopt-A-Highway, Special Olympics, Make-A-Wish, the ALS Blizzard Tour, Lions Club Pancake Day, Locks of Love, Think Pink Night, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, UDAc’s Walk a Mile in Our Shoes Walkathon, and the ALS Walleye Tournament.
Eight individuals – the most in school history — were named finalists for the Shjon Podein Community Service Award, which has been presented annually since 2003 to a UMD student-athlete who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the field of play and has made noteworthy humanitarian contributions in the Duluth and University communities.That honor was bestowed on Bulldog basketball senior Hannah Rutten.
Please also visit: http://www.umdbulldogs.com/news/2014/6/5/WTRACK_0605144540.aspx?path=wtrack To Learn more about the student athletes community service work during Spring Break
Visit: http://www.umdbulldogs.com/news/2014/5/1/WBB_0501143159.aspx?path=wbball To learn more abouut the “BULLDOGS AWARDED CHANCELLOR’S CUP FOR SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS”
