Dartmouth football not only kicked off the season with a 35-25 win over Central Connecticut State Saturday night, the team also got the ball rolling for the upcoming Dartmouth United Way campaign by donating a dollar to United Way for every adult ticket sold.
donated $4,500 to this year鈥檚 campaign, rounding up from the 4,478 adult tickets sold. Attendance at the game under the lights of Memorial Field totaled 7,324 spectators, including youth and Dartmouth students.
The Big Green dedicated the game to the work of Granite United Way in the Upper Valley. During the game, United Way were featured on the new 23-foot-wide HD video scoreboard. There was also a halftime presentation by Dartmouth Athletic Director Harry Sheehy, , his wife, Gail Gentes, who is the Dartmouth United Way co-chair, and Granite United Way representative Katie Kobe, honoring two outstanding United Way volunteers.
is a senior lecturer in environmental studies whose class 鈥淐ommunity Building and the Environment鈥 connects his students with work at COVER, a United Way funded non-profit that fosters hope by repairing homes in the Upper Valley. In addition, Julia Griffin, Hanover鈥檚 town manager, was recognized for her work as chair of the Granite United Way campaign cabinet.
President Hanlon and Gentes handed off Dartmouth footballs to Osborne and Griffin at midfield to cheers from the crowd.
鈥淭he halftime presentation must have inspired the Big Green,鈥 said Deputy Athletics Director Bob Ceplikas 鈥78, 鈥淭hey rallied from a 19-14 halftime deficit for a 35-25 victory.鈥
Day of Caring
Earlier this month, the partnered with Granite United Way for the Day of Caring workday.
Read more: Dartmouth United Way Responds to a Growing Need
Some 160 students turned out to volunteer for the day, representing a diverse cross section of the College that included students, international students, (FYSEP) students, and other volunteers. Co-Chair Gentes and Presidential Fellow Holli Weed 鈥14 joined the group that sorted donations and did grounds work at the Upper Valley Haven, a homeless shelter and food bank.
Students and staff volunteers fanned out, working on projects that included painting at Child and Family Services, window washing at the Good Neighbor Health Clinic, and trail work with the Upper Valley Trails Alliance on the grounds of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital.
All this work comes in advance of the 2014 Dartmouth United Way Campaign, which officially begins next week.
