Draft 4: Announcement Release

Utah State University, Student-Athlete Services

7425 Old Main Hill, Logan UT, 84321

March 3, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Information:

Amy Crosbie, Life Skills Coordinator

Office: 435-797-3294

Meet the Challenge

Student Athletes and the HURD, team- up to perform a home renovation

Logan, Utah – Student Athletes will team -up with the HURD, in an event called “The Meet the Challenge”; to give one family a home Renovation. The Renovation is slated for April 10th, and will include hundreds-of -members of the HURD and Student Athletes.

The Meet the Challenge renovation is an excellent opportunity for student athletes and their fans, The HURD, to work together. “The Athletic Department believes that it’s important to have a relationship with our fans. “said life Skills Coordinator ,Amy Crosbie, “ This event allows our student athletes to continue to build a relationship with our fans, and also give back to the community that supports athletics.”

Any family can be nominated at http://www.usu.edu/hurd/index1.cfm until March 9th. The family that wins the home renovation will be announced March 10th.

The renovation is slated for Saturday, April 10th at six a.m. and will last all day. The HURD and student athletes will install new carpet, paint and perform yard-work.

For more information, join the Facebook group “Meet The Challenge Home Renovation Service Project”, or contact Cedric Reeves at 818-365-2371, or e-mail at cedric.reeves@aggiemail.usu.edu.

The Meet the Challenge was Developed by the HURD and Student-Athlete Services as a way to give back to the community. ASUSU Athletics President, Jeremy Winn, hopes that “The Meet the Challenge home renovation project is a way for the HURD and Student Athletes to give back to the community, and make a positive change in someone’s life.”

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