CHARGERS BASEBALL HELPING THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE SANDY

December 12, 2012

CHARGERS BASEBALL HELPING THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE SANDY

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/12/12) The Dominican College Chargers baseball program put their baseball gloves down and put on worker gloves to aid in the help of the Hurricane Sandy Relief Project. On Saturday December 8th the Chargers baseball team took a bus down to Queens NY to help the victims that were affected by the October 29th hurricane.

Orangeburg, N.Y. (12/12/12) The Dominican College Chargers baseball program put their baseball gloves down and put on worker gloves to aid in the help of the Hurricane Sandy Relief Project. On Saturday December 8^th the Chargers baseball team took a bus down to Queens NY to help the victims that were affected by the October 29^th hurricane.

The student-athletes helped the community by cleaning inside of houses from all the debris and sand that washed up from the flooding that the hurricane caused.

"This is a great opportunity for our players to get out to the community and help those who were affected by this devastating storm" Coach Giannetti said who has been the head coach of the Chargers Baseball program going into his 23^rd year.

"It is unreal to understand the damage that this storm did to the houses and the surrounding area's until you actually see it with your own eyes" Matt Festa said, a sophomore pitcher on the Chargers baseball program

After the storm hit, Dominican College Community has been making regular weekend trips to those areas affected to aid in the help of the victims.

For further information on how to help Hurricane Sandy victims please contact Christin Dilts, Dominican College Coordinator for Volunteer Services 845-848-7602.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.