The Sandspur

Issue date: 10/1/07 Section: Sports

No matter your view about either the war in Afghanistan and Iraq we can all agree that we want our soldiers to be safe. Here at Rollins, the men's and women's lacrosse teams are fundraising to help out the troops.

I had the opportunity to interview freshman men's lacrosse player Louie Thompson to answer all my questions about their fundraising efforts.

Louie told me that the charity service they are using to help the troops out is called Adopt-A-Unit. They selected the 504th parachute infantry regiment unit and the 173rd Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT)
task force saber unit.

They are collecting money as well as any supplies the troops might need. Some suggested supplies that the troops would need are powdered drink mixes, toothpaste ,snack foods, chapstick, hand sanitizer, protein and snack bars, magazines,
pain relievers, pen, sunscreen, chewing tobacco, insect repellent, and febreze. A list of other supplies can be found at http://news.rollins.edu/07adoptaunit.
shtml

Twice a semester the men's and women teams go out into the Winter Park village and station themselves outside of stores, such as Albertsons Food and Drug and Walgreen stores, so they can ask people going in
to buy supplies for the troops.

Donation boxes are stationed all around campus, such as Olin Library, Alfond Sports Center, Cornell Social Sciences. Crummer Business School, Cornell Campus Center, the bookstore, the Holt School, the Winter Park Library and the Winter Park village hall.

This fundraising effort is taking place from
September 22nd to December 14th . "Our main goal is to help out the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as promote the new Rollins LAX teams" Louie said to me.

This the first year of both the men's and the women's lacrosse teams, and they are certainly making themselves well known.

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