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COMMUNITY SERVICE The 2010-2011 Duke men’s lacrosse team generously donated 400+ hours of its time to the greater Durham community. The Durham Ronald McDonald House again received the majority of its efforts, enjoying home cooked meals and conversation with the players on a regular basis during the fall semester. The Durham Bulls Haunted House and Duke Children’s Hospital Radiothon are now regular staples in the community service calendar for the men’s lacrosse team. Both events bring a lot of smiles and laughter to both participants and teammates. Highlighting this year’s effort was the Project Homeless Connect event. This event served as a one-stop shop aimed to fulfill the needs of homeless families. Many county agencies and services were onsite and provided food stamps, social security, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, employment, health and vision screenings, haircuts and other services. The team also enjoyed spending time with youth baseball players at the Miracle League of the Triangle games. The 2009 – 2010 season brought another opportunity for the Blue Devils to reach out to the greater Durham community. Once again, the majority of the team’s 400+ hours was spent with families in need at the Ronald McDonald House. Players spent countless hours preparing meals, visiting with families and sick children, and assisting in fundraisers for the local Durham house. The annual Durham Bulls Haunted House and Duke Children’s Hospital Radiothon also benefited from the Blue Devils outreach. The players continued to expand the game of lacrosse through the local youth by reaching out to the Durham Eagles Football program. On a rainy day in September, approximately 65 elementary to middle school aged football players attended a free clinic at Duke. The boys enjoyed an instruction led by 5 th -year senior Devon Sherwood. Other Duke players provided individualized instruction on lacrosse basics before bringing the group to a BBQ lunch and the Duke vs. North Carolina Central football game.
In the 2008 – 2009 season, the Duke Blue Devils completed 360 hours of community service. The majority of the team’s efforts focused on the Ronald McDonald House of Durham, spending close to 200 hours at the house where they cooked and served several meals and participated in various fundraising activities to help support the house. The Duke Children’s Hospital Radio-thon and the Durham Bulls Park Haunted House also saw help from the Duke men’s lacrosse team in 2008-2009. The Duke Blue Devils proudly welcomed 7-year old Cameron Jackson as a new team member in 2009. The Friends of Jaclyn foundation paired Cameron with the team for support as he continues to recover from brain cancer. (www.friendsofjaclyn.org) The Friends of Jaclyn Foundation was inspired by 14-year-old Jaclyn Murphy, who was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma in March 2004 at age 11.The program organized by her parents matches a child with a college or high school sports team based on geographic location. Throughout the 2007-2008 season, the Duke team completed close to 400 hours of community service. In the fall of 2007, the Blue Devils participated in cooking and serving meals at the Durham-based Ronald McDonald House and Urban Ministries Soup Kitchen, took part in a 5K run that benefitted the Duke Physical Therapy Program and spent numerous hours coaching lacrosse at various local youth clinics. Other volunteer efforts included tutoring, answering phones during the Duke Children’s Hospital Phone-a-thon, and spending time with local nursing home residents. The Blue Devil’s efforts were recognized in a New York Times article, printed on 5/18/08. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/sports/othersports/18duke.html?_r=1&ref=sports& oref=slogin) The Duke squad also sponsored a U.S. Army unit in Iraq through America Supporting Americans (www.asa-usa.org). The sponsored unit was Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3 rd Battalion, 8 th Cavalry Regiment, 3 rd Brigade Combat Team, 1 st Cavalry Division in Anaconda, Iraq.
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Page 5 and 6: head into the ACC Tournament as the
Page 7 and 8: After receiving the No. 1 preseason
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Page 13 and 14: 2010: Ned Crotty 2012: CJ Costabile
Page 15 and 16: LOWES Senior Class Award 2007: Tony
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