The Maritime College men’s lacrosse team dedicated it’s fall season to collecting new backpacks to donate to Homes for the Brave. Head Coach Dan Lawrence and the Privateers set their goal at 100 backpacks at the beginning of the fall, but they ended up easily passing that mark and finished with an astounding 690 backpacks to donate to homeless veterans.
Homes for the Brave is a non-profit organization with a mission of providing housing and services to the homeless, especially veterans. The vision of the organization is to provide a model to enable homeless men, women, and their families, especially those who served our country, to attain safe, affordable housing and a livable income so that they may return to a productive and meaningful life.
“I’m very proud of how much effort our team put into this project,” said coach Lawrence. “It was great to see the energy our team brought each and every day when it came to collecting these backpacks and for them to surpass the original goal by so much was incredible.”
Coach Lawrence and the team made the drive up to Bridgeport, CT on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, to drop off the backpacks in person at the Homes for the Brave center.
“Maritime athletics is dedicated to community service projects just like this one and I couldn’t be happier with what our men’s lacrosse team did this fall,” said Director of Athletics Kristofer Schnatz. “They set the standard for what we expect with community service and I can’t wait to see what our student-athletes will do next.”
“The support we received from other teams, professors, parents, alumni, and everybody else was fantastic,” said Coach Lawrence. “We couldn’t have done it without their tremendous support.”
You can learn more about what Homes for the Brave does and how you can help support their mission online.
30 Days of Giving 2018
- Day 1: Buffalo State’s Students Serve as Civic Leaders
- Day 2: Farmingdale State College Students Give Veterans a Smile
- Day 3: Tompkins Cortland Community College Brings the Farm to the Table
- Day 4: SUNY Maritime Donates Backpacks to Homes For the Brave
- Day 5: Paws and Effect at Binghamton University
- Day 6: New Paltz Students Go From Interns To Emerging Leaders
- Day 7: Niagara County Community College Students Feed Animals in Need
- Day 8: Mohawk Valley Community College Baseball Team Helps Area Veterans
- Day 9: SUNY Delhi Students Build Homes for the Homeless
- Day 10: SUNY Old Westbury Commemorates Veterans
- Day 11: UAlbany Students Work to Improve Lives of Those With Disabilities
- Day 12: Alfred State Students Preserve History in California
- Day 13: Herkimer County Community College Cares For the Community
- Day 14: SUNY Broome Students Stepping Up to End Campus Hunger
- Day 15: Monroe Community College Develops Humanitarian Mapping
- Day 16: SUNY Oswego Hockey Teams Support Local Charities
- Day 17: Stony Brook University Students Practice Prevention and Outreach
- Day 18: SUNY ESF Students Give Up Their Saturdays for Service
- Day 19: Clinton Community College Helps Students Overcome Barriers to Success
- Day 20: SUNY Plattsburgh Grants Holiday Wishes to Area Children and Families
- Day 21: SUNY Cobleskill Gives Back to the Iroquois Indian Museum
- Day 22: SUNY Sullivan Helps Local Federation for the Homeless
- Day 23: Operation Shoebox at Schenectady County Community College
- Day 24: University at Buffalo Grassroots Gardens
- Day 25: SUNY Oneonta Runs to Fight Hunger
- Day 26: SUNY Orange Helps the Needy Stay Warm in Winter
- Day 27: HVCC Students Pack Good Night Bags for Families in Crisis
- Day 28: SUNY Fredonia Adopts Families in Need
- Day 29: Onondaga Community College Students Give Back With Service Abroad
- Day 30: Jefferson Community College Faculty & Staff Take Pie in the Face for Charity
