SAAC Community Service
Butch’s Bash
When: December?
Where: Field house
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An opportunity to connect with the Pullman community by playing games with children. You spend the whole time playing a variety of carnival games with your Coug Pal, but if you din’t participate in Coug Pals you can still play games with the kids or host a carnival game with a teammate. This is the event that makes Coug Pals such a fun and enriching experience. You finally get to meet and hangout with the kid you’ve been sending letters to all year. There is a bouncy house, inflatable slide, gingerbread house decorating area, and dozens of small carnival games with guaranteed prizes for the kids. You should still participate even if you did not do Coug Pals. If you only do one community service event, make sure you participate in Butch’s Bash!
Special Olympics
When:
Where: Bohler and PEB
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Special Olympics is the Marquee community service event at WSU. It is an annual basketball tournament for disadvantaged athletes to compete for an opportunity to go to the State Championships! Last year, more than 500 athletes competed and 250 WSU student-athletes participated. It is an all day event, but student-athletes are urged to volunteer whatever time they are willing to afford. 1-2 hours is totally okay, but 3-4 is awesome, and all day is phenomenal! There are opportunities for student-athlete volunteers to be score keepers, referees, or fans. This is a fun and enriching experience.
Coug Pals
Each student-athlete is paired with a student from a local elementary school to be pen pals for several months. Participants will send a letter to their coug pal each week until the end of the semester when you finally meet your Coug Pal at Butch’s Bash! This is a fun opportunity to engage with
Reading Buddies
Reading buddies is an opportunity to visit a local elementary school several times throughout the week to engage with children by reading books with them. WHEN AND WHERE!
Sr. Buddies
Senior Buddies is a fun activity where a group of student-athletes go to the retirement home in Pullman to spend time and engage with the elderly. WHEN AND WHERE!
