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Michelle Jensen and Deanna Dungee help children with a fall art project.
11.18 | Community Engagement
Pottsville, Pa. (November 7, 2009) - The Alvernia Crusader Softball Team volunteered their Saturday to assist at the Family Reading Festival in Pottsville. This is the second year that your Crusaders have helped this program become a great success. The Crusaders assisted with various arts and crafts projects while helping children with reading skills.
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Reading, Pa. (October 7, 2009) - Reading Tennis is jamming again. More than 30 kids from age six through fourteen that are part of the Reading Tennis program visited Alvernia University Wednesday October 7th in the PEC where they played tennis against the Crusaders Women's Basketball team, as well as members of the Men's and Women's Tennis teams. The event was titled 'The Reading Tennis Jam' and the city youth took the big trophy with a thrilling 199-198 overtime victory. City Tennis Director, Larry Zerbe, and Crusaders Women's Basketball coach, Kevin Calabria, teamed up for a second time to connect Reading's city youth with the Alvernia Women's hoop team members.
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The men's and women's Crusader lacrosse teams have been collecting used lacrosse equipment since they have been at school this semester. The teams gathered this past Tuesday to box up all the equipment they have assembled and sent it to a group called Fields of Growth International.
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Reading, Pa. (September 3, 2009) - The Alvernia Women's Soccer team continued their three-year tradition of hosting a soccer camp for neighborhood Governor Mifflin Soccer program's youth. The Lady Crusaders had a week long camp open to all the Governor Mifflin Soccer teams that ran for two hours each evening Monday through Friday. Significantly, this camp is free, unlike many youth soccer camps that are available to the community.
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Reading, Pa. (May 7, 2009) - Alvernia University Athletics honored its student athletes with its 21st Annual Awards Banquet at the Crowne Plaza in Reading on Wednesday May 6th. Senior volleyball and softball player Lauren Crimi (Nazareth, Pa./Notre Dame) and Men's Soccer player Chad Quinter (Exeter, Pa./Exeter) were named the Outstanding Senior Athletes of the Year.
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05.07 | General
Reading, Pa. (May 7, 2009) - Alvernia University Athletics honored its student athletes with its 21st Annual Awards Banquet at the Crowne Plaza in Reading on Wednesday May 6th. Senior volleyball and softball player Lauren Crimi (Nazareth, Pa./Notre Dame) and Men's Soccer player Chad Quinter (Exeter, Pa./Exeter) were named the Outstanding Senior Athletes of the Year.
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05.04 | Men's Golf, Community Engagement
Reading, Pa. (Apr. 28, 2009) - With the completion of their season this past weekend, the Alvernia University golf team was able to take some time for a little bit of fun and community service. The team met at the Pagoda, a popular landmark in Reading that overlooks the city and is lit up beautifully at night. The team was not just there to look at the scenery, however, they were there to meet up with the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Berks County.
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04.16 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Community Engagement
Reading, Pa. (April 15, 2009) - The men's and women's cross country teams attended the weekly after-school program at St. Peter's Church on Wednesday afternoon. St. Peter's is in Reading, and many of the children who attend are also members of the South Reading Youth Initiative, who are involved in many events on the Alvernia University campus with various Crusader athletic teams.
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04.06 | Men's Soccer, Community Engagement
Reading, Pa. (Apr. 4, 2009) - Despite cold and windy weather Saturday afternoon, the South Reading Youth Initiative came to Sovereign Bank Sports Park to meet up with the Alvernia University men's soccer team. 13 children and as many players met to participate in a soccer camp led by the AU team.
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02.24 | Men's Basketball, Community Engagement
Reading, Pa. (Feb. 24, 2009) - On Saturday, February 21, the South Reading Youth Initiative came back to AU as the last part of the three-part service experience with the men's basketball team. The kids sat with game programs and proudly showed off their previously made posters that displayed the names and jersey numbers of their favorite players.
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