Special Olympics
On Saturday, August 17, 2019 the Colby-Sawyer fall student-athletes teamed with Special Olympics of New Hampshire and members of New Hampshire Law Enforcement as part of the "To Protect and Serve" initiative to raise funds for Special Olympics.
All eight fall teams participated in the event, which took place at four different locations. The Chargers located at the Common Man Roadside rest areas in Hooksett, on 93 north and south, were joined by NH State Police, Hooksett Police and Concord Police. At Jake's Market & Deli locations in New London and Enfield, the Chargers teamed with Special Olympians.
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Baseball
Past and present coaches and players of the Colby-Sawyer baseball program recently volunteered at a baseball clinic in Manchester, N.H. to support Fred's Fund for the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth. The team also helped out at the Kearsarge Area Council of Aging.Â
Equestrian
The Equestrian team helps out once a week at the Warner Elementary School Saddle Club in Warner, N.H. The program has over forty children who participate.
Women's Soccer
Women's Soccer volunteered at the New London Outing Club on Saturday December 12th. Players babysat and helped with the Santa event and activities at the Outing Club Indoor Center for 2 hours.
Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball participated in the "Jacob's Bridge Through Autism Tournament" at NHTI in Concord, N.H. The tournament helped generate publicity and raised money for autism awareness.
The men's basektball team also made their annual to the Abbott Library in Sunapee, N.H. to read to fourth and fifth grade children in the after school program. Colby-Sawyer College Head Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Foti has always gladly supported the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ literacy initiative. The NABC Reading Program was founded to assist the literacy movement in America. The program hopes to motivate and encourage children to read for enjoyment as a lifelong practice. The program will also allow collegiate basketball players to serve as needed role models to the youth of their community.
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Women's Volleyball
The Women's Volleyball team participated in a Dig Pink event this year. The event was held to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. The event was held during a match on October 20th versus Simmons College. The Chargers wore pink jerseys, pink socks, pink head bands and pink arm bands. The coaching and support staff also wore pink. The gym was decorated in pink streamers, ribbons and balloons. T-shirts, breast cancer ribbons, CSCVB pink sunglasses and breast cancer bracelets were sold at the entrance and there was also a donation box. The Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) sent a representative to set up a booth for information on breast cancer and the cancer center. All the proceeds went to the NCCC. The ream raised $2,000 through apparel sales and donations. The team was invited to the Cancer Center to for photo opportunities and to tour the facility. The Dig Pink event is planned to become an annual event.
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Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving
On November 10th in the Knight Natatorium in the Dan and Kathleen Hogan Sports Center, the Men's and Women's swimming and diving teams participated in the "Hour of Power" Relay in honor of Carleton College swimmer Ted Mullin, who passed away in the fall of 2006 from sarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer. Funds raised through the event support research the the University of Chicago into the the causes and treatment of sarcoma in young people. When the event began in 2006, 15 teams joined together to raise team spirit, cancer awareness and $11,000. Last year, the number of participating teamsexploded to 104, including 85 college and university programs, 17 high school and club teams and two student-abroad teams. In 2008, the nearly 6,000 athletes raised over $50,000 for the fund, bringing the three-year total to more than $100,000.
