Basketball Competition Becomes Cooperation
in Feb. 17 Crosstown Help-Out
Date: Jan. 8, 2001
Story and photos by: Mary Bridget Reilly
Phone: (513) 556-1824
Archive: General News
Basketball rivals UC and Xavier will team up to score for local schools during the Crosstown Help-Out Saturday, Feb. 17.
The universities' students, alumni, fans, friends and staff will come together to benefit urban schools in need of cleanup, basic repairs, painting and playground construction. Participants will first gather between 8-9 a.m. at XU's Armory Fieldhouse before heading out to local schools to work from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Volunteers will then return to XU for a "chill and grill" with music, food and prizes in the Armory Fieldhouse.
About 550 volunteers are expected to turn out to help areas schools in Bellevue, Bond Hill, Corryville, Covington, Madisonville, Millvale, Norwood, Price Hill and both the East End and the West End as well as other neighborhoods.
Sponsors for the Crosstown Help-Out are:
UC's alumni office
XU's alumni office
Skyline Chili Inc.
The Home Depot Inc.
Cincinnati Bell Wireless
LaRosa's
Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting)
Glidden Paints.
To volunteer or for more information, go to the Help-Out Web site at www.crosstownhelpout.com or call UC's alumni office at 513-556-4344 or XU's alumni office at 513-745-3081.
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