The month of January focused on Nevada.
Team: Nevada-All Sports
Community Service Organization:
• Food Bank of Northern Nevada & Evelyn Mount Community Outreach Program
Wolf Pack student-athletes have decided to partner with the Food Bank of Northern Nevada and the Evelyn Mount Community Outreach program this year to tackle the goal of making northern Nevada "One Hunger-Free Community, One Pack."
Nevada's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), a leadership group made up of representatives from each of the Wolf Pack's sports, has chosen to child hunger issues as its main charitable focus for the 2011-12 school year.
Student-athletes will be participating in volunteer activities throughout the year. They started with a "Pack the Pack" Pay-it-Forward Party to put together snack packs for the Backpack Kids program in September and volunteered several times during the holiday season at Evelyn Mount's house, organizing donations and packing food. Other planned activities include volunteer nights at the food bank and other events, challenges and food drives at home games.
"The student-athletes were astounded to find out the statistics about children going hungry in the state of Nevada. This was eye-opening, and we all believed that this cause was one that we wanted to become involved with," said Alexa Anderson, a Wolf Pack track and field student-athlete and president of Nevada's SAAC. "We are trying to develop a strong partnership between the food bank and Wolf Pack Athletics so that we can increase awareness and hopefully get more people involved with this cause. Everyone has been hit hard by the economy, but children have no say in the matter. If we can make a difference in the lives of these children, everything will be worthwhile."