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Daemen Ranks 7th For Community Service Hours Performed In Fall Semester

| By: By Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for External Operations & Communications
Daemen student-athletes logged nearly 1,800 hours of community service this fall

AMHERST, N.Y. - Daemen College ranked seventh out of more than 300 NCAA Division II institutions participating in the Fall 2018 NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition. Student-athletes from Daemen's 18 intercollegiate athletic teams contributed nearly 1,800 hours of community service during the competition, and had a 91 percent participation rate. Community service activities included reading to children at local elementary schools, participation in the Western New York Girls in Sport Service Day, conducting a canned food drive, volunteering with the Daemen Center for Alllied and Unified Sport and Exercise (CAUSE) program, and others.  

"Daemen Athletics hopes to encourage all students to get involved in their local community in some way to create civically engaged, lifelong learners," said Hailey Dietrich, student-athlete success and community engagement coordinator. "Students gain as much from the opportunities as those they help. Holistically, all that they do in the community helps to grow them and helps to ignite a passion in them to continue service moving forward in their life after Daemen College."

NCAA Team Works, which coordinates community service efforts at NCAA championships, and Helper Helper, a volunteer management and tracking platform, launched the community service competition to recognize student-athletes who give back to their communities.  The competition ran from September through November.  Rankings were developed based on the total number of community service hours completed and the participation rate of student-athletes.

"I am incredibly proud of the way our student-athletes continually find ways to give back to the community," said Traci Murphy, director of athletics. "Balancing their commitments to academics and athletics alone is no small task, and when you add in the amount of time they're devoting to community service projects, it's inspiring to see, and it shows just how much they are embracing the core values of being an NCAA Division II student-athlete."

This is the fifth NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition. In all, student-athletes combined this year to do more than 173,820 hours of community service in a total of 4,432 opportunities with local organizations. The tally represents a 34 percent increase from last year's challenge.

For more information on the NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition, visit ncaa.com/teamworks.

 
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