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MARCH 2014
Student-Athletes Lend a Hand in EC Dance Marathon During the 2014 Emmanuel College Dance Marathon, several student-athletes filled leadership roles on the planning board while countless others served as general members in an effort to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network and patients at the Boston Children’s Hopital. Athletes are competitive by nature. It’s what defines sport. There is a winner, a loser and very rarely any middle ground. On March 22 & 23, the Emmanuel College Dance Marathon team scored a huge win raising $67,700.13 in funds that will go directly to the Boston Children’s Hospital. This year’s total was more than $15,000 dollars higher than their goal and lifted the college’s three-year total to over $127,000 dollars. The ECDM board made up of 17 full-time Emmanuel students featured six student-athletes. Senior men’s basketball player Brandon Jones (Windsor, Conn.), junior men’s soccer player Garrett Charette (West Springfield, Mass.), freshman men’s soccer player Wojciech Kopacz (Garfield, N.J.), senior women’s soccer player Lindsey Garvey (Warwick, R.I.), sophomore women’s soccer player Jess Dasilva (North Attleboro, Mass.) and sophomore women’s soccer player Ari Cardillo (Richmond, Mass.) represented the student-athlete
population on the board. Planning for the event began last summer as board members began delegating tasks and responsibilities in preparation for the big day. “It’s amazing how much work went into making the Dance Marathon a successful event,” said Cardillo. For this year’s Dance Marathon, Cardillo was appointed co-chair of Sponsorships and Fundraising, a daunting task that required countless hours of work and outreach to local businesses in an effort to raise money and awareness for the cause. “We got a lot of no’s at first and it was frustrating for sure,” said Cardillo. “It wasn’t that businesses didn’t want to contribute, they did, but many were already donating directly to Children’s [Hospital].” Dasilva, in charge of Food & Catering found similar struggles at first. “First semester we struggled to get any restaurants or companies on board,” said Dasilva, “but second CONTINUED ON PAGE 4...
The Emmanuel College Dance Marathon team raised over $67,700 dollars for the Children’s Miracle Network during their efforts in the 2014 Dance Marathon.
9-0
By the Numbers – The Emmanuel College men’s and women’s lacrosse teams combined to go 9-0 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action during the month of March. This marks the first time for both programs that a team has gone undefeated in conference play during an entire month of action.
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