Head Coach Randy Peron announced today that the St. Mary's University College Women's Basketball team will be volunteering this Sunday for the "Feed The Hungry Sunday Dinner Program" held at St. Mary's Cathedral Hall in downtown Calgary.
The purpose of the service is to serve a nutritious dinner to needy Calgarians in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. Since the program's first dinner in 1993, over 877,851 full course dinners have been served. At each dinner, an average of 500 guests are greeted and served an average of 1000 servings of a full course dinner. In addition to the main hot entree,bread, salad and a variety of desserts and beverages are served.
The Lightning student-athletes will be placed in groups each with different responsibilities, from dessert preparation, to servers, greeters, main entree helpers, cleaning of tables and more. A great way for the student-athletes of giving back to the community with this successful program. The student athletes will be returning on Oct 10/10 for their 2nd day of involvement with this program.
The Department of Athletics and Recreation at St. Mary's has introduced in 2010-2011 the Lightning Varsity Athlete Community Service Program. This program requires that each student-athlete participating in varsity athletics at St. Mary's devote a minimum number of hours per semester to volunteering in the community. To join the Community Service Program or more information on Lightning Athletics, please contact the Athletic Director at 403-254-3728.
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