Basketball tournament to raise money for the hungry
IF YOU GO:
What: Project Feed Me ‘Defend Your Honor’ charity basketball tournament
Where: Archbold Gymnasium
When: Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m.
How much: $1 with SUID
A student group fighting against hunger now has a corporate sponsor for their upcoming fundraiser: the New York Knicks. The NBA team will help the group give families a Thanksgiving dinner that they may not have had the opportunity to eat.
This financial support has allowed the group to grow drastically, said Patrick Alvarez, president of the student group Project Feed Me and sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.
On Sunday, Project Feed Me will sponsor its second annual ‘Defend Your Honor’ charity basketball tournament from 1 to 6 p.m. at Archbold Gymnasium.
At the tournament, students will film footage for an upcoming documentary surrounding Project Feed Me. The most recent winner of ‘Britain’s Got Talent,’ Aidan Davis, will be performing the National Anthem before the event.
Project Feed Me’s goal for the basketball tournament is the same as its overall mission – to raise money to fight hunger and poverty with creative methods, said sophomore Sam Giber, one of the event’s organizers.
For the tournament, team registration is $10 per player or $100 per team. The deadline for team registration will be this Friday. The tournament will ideally feature 12 to 14 teams made up of 10 Syracuse University students, faculty and staff members.
Proceeds from the tournament will go to the Southwest Community Center in Syracuse Nov. 22 to help provide food for local families, Alvarez said. The Knicks will also help the group sponsor a Thanksgiving dinner in a Harlem community center Nov. 24.
Alvarez introduced the idea for the group at a floor meeting his freshman year.
‘Growing up in a working-class community – that’s where I got my drive from,’ he said.
Three of his floormates, Sam Giber, Leah Moushey and Harris Feldman, agreed it was a project worth pursuing.
‘We were all highly motivated in community service before we came to college. And when I got to campus, I had an issue with the community service opportunities that were present,’ Giber said.
Published on October 28, 2009 at 12:00 pm
