UNF Softball Serve Community
11/24/2009 4:02:47 PM | Softball
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The University of North Florida softball team has taken time out of their fall conditioning over the past couple months to help the community of Jacksonville.
First, the team went to the beach helping out some of UNF's fraternities and sororities in their efforts to clean-up some of the white sandy beaches that distinguish
On Saturday, Oct. 24, the Ospreys also made a visit to downtown
While bringing in three-times the attention it had in its last fundraiser, the aids walk raised $4,000 and donated $3,000 to the Northeast Florida World Aids Week Committee made possible by community sponsors and community members who chose to walk and promote HIV/Aids awareness.
Avery Garner an employer of Heartland Hospice, who was one of the main organizers of this soon to be annual event, was delighted to of had UNF and its student-athletes show such great interest in supporting their mission to raise money for the Worlds Aids Week Committee.
On Sunday, Nov. 15, UNF's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) which included members of the softball team came together to help support the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville by a fundraising car wash in front of the O'Charley's restaraunt on Atlantic Boulevard.
The Ronald McDonald House has been helping families in need for more than 20 years in the
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the softball team came in two different shifts washing cars and taking donations in route to raising a little over $480.
Click here to see the images taken of the Ospreys involved supporting their community of
