SAAC Donation Competition

The Sunshine State Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee E.L.I.T.E donation competition completed its fourth year during the 2011-12 year. This initiative came together at the annual E.L.I.T.E weekend in September of 2008.

The concept of the competition is for each member institution’s SAAC to choose an organization to donate items to. Throughout the year, institutions counted and donated items and reported their counts. The goal was to have each institution get involved in their community and donate tangible items that would help that specific organization.

This year, six institutions participated in the competition. Barry University donated items to Camillus House, Florida Tech donated items to Genesis, Florida Southern College donated items to Talbot House Ministries, Lynn University doanted items to AnySoldier.com, Rollins College donated items to Orlando Christian Rescue Mission and Second Harvest Food Bank and Saint Leo University donated items to Catholic Charities of Dade City. The total number of items donated to the six organizations added up to 12,544 items.

This year's winner of the Sunshine State Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee E.L.I.T.E donation competition, donating 5,016 is Saint Leo University.

2012-13 SSC SAAC Donation Competition Progress

	Organization	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	TOTAL
Barry											0
Eckerd											0
FIT	Daily Bread			369				1426			1795
FSC											0
Lynn											0
Nova	HANDY			430							430
Rollins	2nd Harvest Food Drive			6300							6300
Saint Leo	Catholic Charities of Dade City				2044			2589			4633
Tampa	Metropolitan Ministries, Just Elementary, Tampa General Hospital-Children's Ward										0
											13158

2011-12 Standings
1st - Saint Leo University - 5,016 items
2nd - Lynn University - 3,491 items
3rd - Rollins College - 2,687 items
4th - Florida Southern College - 650 items
5th - Florida Tech - 430 items
6th - Barry University - 270 items

2010-11 Standings
1st - Lynn University - 4,016 items
2nd - Saint Leo University - 2,364 items

2009-10 Standings
1st - Lynn University - 4,122 items
2nd - Barry University - 1,391 items
3rd - Nova Southeastern - 750 items
4th - Florida Tech - 203 items
5th - Eckerd College - 169 items

2008-09 Standings
1st - Lynn University - 4,092 items (Anysoldier.com)
2nd - Barry University - 2,604 items (Women in Distress of Fort Lauderdale)
3rd - Florida Tech - 1,170 items (Salvation Army)