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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Dec 16, 2014

Salve Regina student-athletes step up and deliver

Derrick Sarfo-Darko, Matthew Keyser, and Molly O'Sullivan represented Salve Regina's student-athletes and members of SAAC in delivering the donated food to the Martin Luther King Center.
Derrick Sarfo-Darko, Matthew Keyser, and Molly O'Sullivan represented Salve Regina's student-athletes and members of SAAC in delivering the donated food to the Martin Luther King Center.

NEWPORT, R.I. - 19 sports, one team.

Each year the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) at Salve Regina University initiates a campaign to solicit donations from all 19 varsity sports.

SAAC board members - Derrick Sarfo Darko, Matt Keyzer, and Molly O'Sullivan (the community service chair) - went to drop off the food at the Martin Luther King Center. Each sports team at Salve Regina collected items needed and requested by the center to help families less fortunate during the holiday season.

O'Sullivan said, "During the holidays, it is very important to help those that are not as fortunate. As athletes, we are so lucky with the opportunities that we are given. After coordinating the food drive with SAAC, it really opened my eyes to how much just a simple can of food can do for those that may not have a meal to go home to. I am very proud of all those that donated. Salve truly made a difference in many people's lives."

Salve Regina's SAAC also supports each team's individual community service efforts, including those highlighted in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) recent press release.

Seahawks in service includes:

  • Salve Regina men’s lacrosse collecting over 80 food items and delivering a Thanksgiving basket to the Martin Luther King Center in Newport http://salveathletics.com/sports/mlax/2014-15/releases/201412041byvqt
  • Salve Regina women’s lacrosse conducting a youth clinic in North Kingstown
  • Salve Regina baseball participating in a “Walk to School” program with area kids
  • Salve Regina men’s and women’s basketball supporting a local middle school’s “Learn to Read” pledge among its students
  • Salve Regina women’s tennis conducts its annual Megs Doubles Clinic for over 30 kids
  • Salve Regina men’s basketball runs a clinic and study hall at the Boys and Girls Club of Newport
  • Salve Regina women's track & field collecting Christmas gift donations for the "Angel Tree" which goes to a child via the Salvation Army
  • All 19 sports at Salve Regina participate in the SAAC annual food collection