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The Manhattanville College Athletic department requires each team to participate in 3 community service projects each year. Last year over 320 athletes performed at least 12 hours of service. From mentoring local high school students to building houses, the Valiants can be found all year long helping people in the Tri-State area.
Our student athletes worked with the following organizations in 2010-2011.
American Cancer Society; Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Bedford Challenge Course with homeless female teens Blue Light Walk for Domestic Violence Boy Scouts of America (Rye, NY and White Plains, NY) Boys and Girls Club (Greenwich, CT; Tarrytown, NY; Kips Bay; Mount Kisco, NY) Boys to Men Mentoring Program Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Wheelchair Games Challenged Athletes Foundation City Lax Organization Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Don Bosco Youth Center – Saving our Siblings Ferncliff Manor Residential School for Children with Developmental Disabilities Friends of Claire Foundation for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Habitat for Humanity Head Strong Foundation Hudson River Swim for Life Ladies Room; Young Girls Mentoring Program Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light House; Guiding Eyes Light the Night Walk Mark Bavis Leadership Foundation Miracle League of Westchester Posillipo Senior Center Tunnels to Towers Run Walk for Autism Westchester Children’s Medical Center Bike-a-Thon Westchester Marathon Westchester Parks and Recreation Westchester Road Runner Westchester Triathlon Westchester Walk for Heart Disease Wounded Warrior Project YMCA (Rye, NY) Youth Hockey Association (Mamaroneck, NY; Mid Fairfield, CT; Canandaigua, NY; Rye, NY; White Plains, NY; New Caanan, CT; Darian, CT; Stamford, CT)
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