Smiling faces were shared by all, as members of the 2016 DIII National Championship Thomas More College Women’s Basketball team spent this afternoon at the Rose Garden Home Mission in Covington.
The student-athletes were spreading Thomas More College’s mission-driven commitment to serve others by helping to hand out toys, diapers and food to families in need.
Women’s basketball head coach Jeff Hans with Kirsten Paul, senior.
According to Thomas More College Athletic Director Terry Connor, service to others goes hand-in-hand with being a member of the TMC community, “Our coaches and student-athletes do a tremendous job of living our mission by working with community organizations to help make an impact on the lives of others.
“Our student-athletes are privileged to compete in college athletics and earn an education at a school the caliber of Thomas More, and as a result they feel a responsibility to help others.”
There are no required service hours for TMC student-athletes but as a way to live the mission of the College, “. . . to examine the ultimate meaning of life, their place in the world, and their responsibility to others” coaches and teams take on various projects which help the community.”
Austin Young and Simon Clifford, TMC’s men’s basketball.
The Men’s Basketball team is using their Christmas break this year to spend time at the Kenwood Nursing Home, conduct a food drive, and visit the Campbell County Juvenile Detention Center.
The Softball team drops in regularly at the Ronald McDonald House, and all TMC teams bowl with Special Olympians.
The Student Athletic Advisory Committee runs a canned food drive for the Brighton Center in which all teams participate.
These are just a few of the many community service projects carried out by Thomas More College student-athletes year round.
