College of Staten Island baseball team pitches in to help Atlas Foundation Published: Thursday, December 09, 2010, 4:11 PM
By Jerry Lee WILLOWBROOK - Michael Mauro has always been a coach who totally immerses himself in the job at hand. The College of Staten Island (CSI) baseball mentor is not one of those guys who is nowhere to be found once practice or the games are over – or during the off-season. That's why it wasn't too surprising to hear that Mauro and his entire team (all 27 of them) as well as assistant coach Greg Belson were among the volunteers lending a hand to the Atlas Foundation the weekend before Thanksgiving Day. Mauro and his team met up with Teddy Atlas and his staff at the group's facility in West Brighton the Saturday before the holiday and helped unload trucks and distribute turkeys that would eventually help feed some 600 needy Island families. Photo courtesy CSI Athletics CSI baseball coach Michael Mauro, left, poses with Teddy Atlas, center, and Nichole Bates, the Director of the Atlas Foundation, along with Dolphin players, from left, Casey Mulligan, Danny Lynch, Anthony Colucci, Jeff Pontebbi and Pat Gale at the foundation's annual turkey giveaway.
"Two 18-wheel trucks came filled with turkeys and all the trimmings," said Mauro. "Groups and schools from around the Island then arrived, and we helped fill their cars or trucks so they could bring the
food back to their communities. "Then whatever was left it was distributed to the people in the community who just walked up to the trucks." The benefits for those involved were easy to assess.
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