UDC Women's Basketball Team Believes in Community Service

 Since 1988, Food & Friends, a Washington, DC based organization, has been providing counseling, packages, meals, and groceries to residents around the DC Metro area living with HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. These services offer relief for those infected and their families, making a nutritional, balanced lifestyle available, giving them peace of mind.

The University of the District of Columbia Firebirds Women's Basketball Team co ntinues to show the importance of the work that Food & Friends does by offering a few extra hands to prepare meal orders and deliveries, make goody bags, and stuff envelopes. The Team returned to Food & Friends on December 18, to show their concern for Food & Friend's clients and to demonstrate and emphasize that what you do off the court is what really counts.

That emphasis was placed in its proper perspective again by the Firebirds as they spent the morning helping prepare and pass out packages of donations for those served by the organization.

UDC Athletics Director Patricia Thomas spoke about the importance of student-athlete involvement in the community saying, "Our women's basketball program's commitment to Food & Friends supports a core value of the University of the District of Columbia and the NCAA."  This project was the second within a few weeks in which UDC student-athletes have been involved assisting the Washington community.

 "The experience of giving back to our community not only helped us to appreciate some of the things we take for granted each day, but also to bring our team closer together", said Head coach Lester " Jay " Butler. "Our team believes that serving others is just as important as playing well on the court."