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NCCAA Kicks Off Championship Outreach
Panama
City Beach, Florida
- The 2010-11 NCCAA Championship calendar got off to a great start
last night with the Tee-Off Dinner at the Men's Golf Championship.
While many see the highlight of the event as earning the
championship banner, the real highlight is the opportunity for NCCAA
student-athletes and coaches to hold their Christian Service Project
(CSP) before the event kicks off. The eighteen qualifying teams
hosted residents of the Panama City Rescue Mission and presented
them with care packages. This interaction and hands-on ministry
effort is the latest in a four year partnership tied to the event.
NCCAA team members took time to minister to the Mission residents
and pray with them.
The mission
residents then shared a song with the NCCAA teams which was left to
them from Michael Cooper, Men's Program Director who passed away in
July from cancer. Stressing the mission of the men/women of God,
the song further confirmed that the NCCAA is about mission first and
competition second. It was a way for the residents to minister to
those in attendance at the dinner.
The championship
will begin today as teams begin play in the 54 hole event at 8:00 AM
at The Hombre Golf Club. Dallas Baptist University is the defending
team champion.
This CSP is the
first of the 2010-11 campaign. For the third year, a nationwide
food drive will be conducted by NCCAA member institutions, staff and
friends. The goal is to collect and donate 10,000 pounds (5 tons)
of food this year through the regional championship games. Last
year, NCCAA student-athletes,
coaches and staff collected and donated 14,000 pounds (7
tons) of food, over $2,500 cash AND 1,300 pounds of clothes to food
pantries and shelters in communities nationwide.
Headquartered in
Greenville, South Carolina, the NCCAA strives to promote the gospel
of Jesus Christ through its 23 National Championships and
Invitationals. For more information on the NCCAA, contact the NCCAA
National Office at (864) 250-1199, by email,
info@thenccaa.org, or visit
www.thenccaa.org.
More
information on NCCAA Christian Service Projects can be found at
http://www.thenccaa.org/service_projects.html
More
information on the NCCAA Golf Championship can be found at http://www.thenccaa.org/mensgolf.htm
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