The Averett football team collaborates for one major service project in the fall and one in the spring.
Averett's football players give back to Danville area
Drew Wilson
9/9/2008 5:22:19 PM
DANVILLE, Va. — Averett University's football team spent the Monday of its bye week hard at work, but it wasn't on the football field. The Cougars were out in the community doing service projects in the Danville area.
About 40 players worked at God's Pit Crew's warehouse on North Main Street. Players helped move concrete tiles and sorted them so that the tiles could be shipped to areas in need. Others helped wash the organization's trucks.
"It's good to get into the community," said wide receiver Greg Harbaugh, who has been doing community service with the football program for four years. "It's good for Averett and our program. It's good for the freshmen to see how we can impact the community."
Other players visited Hughes Home, worked on a Habitat For Humanity house on Golf Club Road and helped scrape paint off Mount Zion Baptist Church.
"It brings the team together working on projects like that," Averett head football coach Mike Dunlevy said. "It also opens their eyes to how fortunate they are."
The Averett football team does two major service projects each school year. Dunlevy said many of his players volunteer other community service projects with other organizations after being exposed to it for the first time.