MacMurray Continues SLIAC/SAAC Competition Winning Streak
MacMurray College used a big push this spring to capture their third consecutive SLIAC/SAAC Community Service award.
MacMurray continued their run of winning the conference's community service award, taking home the award each year since its inception three years ago. The Highlanders collected over 3,200 cans this year in the conference wide Canned Food Drive competition. MacMurray won two of the three competition periods this year, fall and spring. As a whole the SLIAC collected over 6,100 canned food items during the 2015-16 school year.
The SLIAC/SAAC Community Service Award was first awarded last year, and is presented to the school who collects the most canned food items during the school year. The goal is to give back to the community and further develop citizenship among its student-athletes. Each institution and their SAAC committee holds canned food drives throughout the year, with the collected donations going to a local food pantry. Collection periods end during the last weekend of the regular season for each of the respective sports. Cash donations are also accepted with every dollar donated counting as two canned food items. The competition is divided into three collection periods; the fall season, the winter season, and the spring season.