The Eastern Washington University Athletics Department does all it can to reach out to the community. By volunteering and giving back to Cheney and the surrounding populations, EWU student-athletes gain valuable leadership skills while also providing a positive influence on members of the community.
Below is a list of various community service recently undertaken, plus more details and photo galleries on some of them . . .
• Cheney Clean Sweep (including fall of 2020 during Covid-19 pandemic)
• Comprehensive Summer Camps Program for Individuals & Teams
• Special Olympics
• Spokane Library System Virtual Reading
• Providence Children’s Hospital Visits (Spokane, Wash.)
• Lil EKG Clinic
• Cemetery Clean-up
• Local Elementary & Middle Schools
• VA Hospital
• Spokane Guild School
• Eagle Week
• Spokanimals
• Step up for Down Syndrome
• Cheney Parks & Recreation
• Inland Northwest Blood Center
• American Childhood Cancer Organization
• HUB 360 Program
SAAC Organizes Crew as Part of Re-Scheduled "Cheney Clean Sweep"
Gallery: (10-8-2020) 2020 Cheney Clean Sweep
Led by President
Brittany Delridge, a group of representatives from the EWU Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) helped pick-up trash during the re-scheduled Cheney Clean Sweep in October of 2020. Typically the event takes place in the spring, but was re-scheduled for the fall. EWU student-athletes concentrated their efforts in a designated area along College Avenue, leading from downtown Cheney to EWU's Showalter Hall. Besides Delridge, a junior on the Eastern soccer team, others who took part were
Tyler Robertson from the men's basketball team, and
Cody Clements,
Ty Graham,
Dean Sise and
Anthany Smith from the Eagle Football program
Football Teams Up With Inland Northwest Blood Center
Bringing life to the term “Bleed Eagle Red,” the Eastern Washington University athletic department and Eagle Football team are sponsoring a blood drive in collaboration with the Inland Northwest Blood Center. The event takes place Wednesday, May 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the lower entrance to Roos Field, and the public is invited to give blood alongside Eastern staff and student-athletes. Those who donate in the month of May will be entered to a win a four-burner gas grill barbecue. More information on the Inland Northwest Blood Center may be found at:
https://inbcsaves.org.
Eagle Teams Assist at Special Olympics Spring Games
About 100 EWU student-athletes representing all Eastern athletics programs assisted at the Special Olympics Washington East Region Spring Games at EWU on May 5. Athletics (track and field) took place at Roos Field, and other events such as swimming and power lifting also took place on campus. More information on the Special Olympics Washington East Region Sports Games may be found at:
http://specialolympicswashington.org/east-region-sports
Football Takes Part in ACCO Event in Spokane
Several Eastern football players were a part of the "Light the Way Dinner Auction" on April 27 in Spokane. The event helped raise funds locally for the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest. The organization's unique mission is to help each family cope with life during childhood cancer treatments and rebuild their lives after cancer from the experienced perspective of those who have been there before. Donations enhance the lives of children with cancer and their families, and provide emotional and practical support, education, patient advocacy, and the assurance that no child or family will have to fight cancer alone.
Teams Participate in Cheney Clean-Sweep
Several Eastern teams, including men's basketball, women's basketball, soccer and football, participated in the annual Cheney Clean-Sweep in April.
This is a positive community event that encourages civic pride for the city and its neighborhoods. Teams collected trash around the EWU campus and the city of Cheney, even causing one long-time resident and Eastern employee to remark that the "campus has never been cleaner!"
Eastern Athletics Continues Partnership in 2018 with HUB 360 Program
Eastern Washington University student-athletes from several sports teams have continued to mentor young people at The HUB Sports Center as part of the HUB 360 afterschool program which targets "at-risk" middle school youth. The HUB is a nonprofit, community-based organization in Liberty Lake, Wash., and began its partnership with the EWU Athletic Department last fall.
Jim Fitzgerald, Eastern's assistant athletic director for student success, coordinates EWU's involvement in the program with Phil Champlin, the executive director at the HUB.
Student-athletes from EWU's various athletics teams adopt a day to come and join the HUB 360 staff and help mentor the middle school students. Eastern's soccer and golf programs were at the HUB in January, followed by volleyball in February and women's basketball in April. The EWU track and field, tennis and cross country programs have previously helped.
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