Southland Recognizes Sam Community Service
5/29/2015 1:59:00 PM | Athletics
The efforts to serve the Huntsville community made by the student-athletes from Sam Houston State University have been recognized by the Southland Conference.
Sam Houston won the league's annual Pop-Tab Collection drive which raises funds for the Ronald McDonald House at M. D. Anderrson in Houston. The Bearkats also were the runners-up in the “Southland Strong Community Service Award” competition after logging 2,207 hours of work in the city.
During the competition, student-athletes from the league's 13-member institutions logged more than 14,000 service hours in Southland Conference communities in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Sam Houston's winning Pop-Tab drive total was 300 pounds. The softball (55.4 pounds), volleyball (43.8 pounds) and women's basketball teams (40.6 pounds) led all Bearkat sports.
Other community service projects in which Sam Houston student-athletes participated included the Fight Hunger Drive in which Bearkats helped unload Houston Food Bank trucks, Backpack Buddies, appearances at the Huntsville Boys and Girls club,visits to area Huntsville Independent School District (HISD) locations to promote reading skills and drug awareness and the annual Christmas school supplies drive for local elementary children.
