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B AC K-TO - B AC K B O W L A P P E A R A N C E S
B AC K-TO - B AC K B O W L A P P E A R A N C E S
B AC K-TO - B AC K B O W L A P P E A R A N C E S
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COACHING STAFF
Making a Difference in
the Community The Blue Raider football team is involved in numerous
Coaches’ Wives in the Community n Collected and donated items for the Women’s Domestic Abuse Shelter. n Helped organize a golf tournament to benefit Area 16 Special Olympics. n Donated books and worked with students at Black Fox Elementary School. n Adopted a family at Christmas through the Angel Tree program.
community activities during the course of the academic year. The athletes participate in the Reading Raiders program, work with the Special Olympics, attend Career Day at various schools, help make up the B.R.A.S.S. program, and work with the Boys and Girls Club of Rutherford County. They also assisted in tornado damage cleanup in 2006 (Gallatin) and 2009 (Murfreesboro).
Reading Raiders began in 1993 and is designed to allow MTSU
athletes the opportunity to give back to the community by getting involved in the lives of children. Within this program, MTSU athletes serve as role models and motivators in encouraging reading and proper study skills among students in the Murfreesboro City Extended Schools Program. The football program also mentors students at Black Fox Elementary.
The B.R.A.S.S. program is another
vehicle that encourages student-athletes to become involved in service activities. Through the program, MTSU hosts the Special Olympics each April. The athletes also visit area schools during the course of the year and read to the students. The Reading Raiders and B.R.A.S.S. programs are directed by Wynnifred Counts.
During the summer of 2007, the
football program helped build a house for Habitat for Humanity.
In April of 2006, a group of 60 studentathletes made up mostly of football and volleyball players traveled to Gallatin, Tenn., to volunteer their time to assist in cleanup efforts following a devastating tornado on April 7. The group worked for nearly three hours picking up debris and trying to salvage what was left near a farmhouse in Gallatin. GoBlueRaiders.com | 27