March 6, 2008 
Contact: Mike Christie, Assistant Commissioner

Greensboro Receives "Cans Across The Conference" Trophy

(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) - The USA South Student Athlete Advisory Committee's (SAAC) Cans Across The Conference initiative is a canned food drive which serves as a community service competition amongst the ten institutions in the Conference. Each campus SAAC collected cans and other non-perishable items at their school from mid-October through November 18 to benefit a local charity. It was up to each institution to decide how they wanted to collect and to which group the donation would go.

With a grand total of 4,740 items, Greensboro College was named the Cans Across the Conference Champion for 2007. The Pride, winners of the can drive in 2005 as well, were presented the Cans Across the Conference Trophy at the USA South Basketball Tournament this past weekend.

USA South Commissioner Rita Wiggs presents the "Cans Across The Conference" to
Greensboro SAAC members Michael Caparaso, Robin Welch and Deanne Gerson.