COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Even though basketball season is over,
the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team has been as busy
as ever lately. The team has spent many hours volunteering to help
out different local organizations.
After volunteering at the local Mustard Seed Ranch, spending time
painting fences and donating goods to the non-profit group which
houses children with disadvantaged backgrounds, the team took a
trip to the Cookeville Children’s Museum to spend time with
children, and got their hands dirty helping out at a local Habitat
for Humanity house.
“This is a great time of year for women’s basketball
to give back to the community,” head coach Amy
Brown said. “We have tried to give back in different
ways, between Habitat for Humanity, the Mustard Seed Ranch, and the
children’s museum.”
At the children’s museum the team helped out with a tinker
toy competition, in which the children raced to build the sturdiest
structure. Golden Eagle basketball players arrived early to set up
the competition, and also got to be the judges, before helping with
clean up afterwards.
The team also volunteered on-site at a Cookeville Habitat for
Humanity house. At the house team members cleaned up debris,
removed nails from unused lumbar, and helped hang siding on a back
shed.
The Habitat for Humanity house that the Golden Eagle basketball
team worked at is located next door to another house built by Tech
student-athletes. In the fall, student-athletes from all sports
built a Habitat for Humanity house across the street from
Tech’s fitness center, which has since been moved to its
permanent location in a Cookeville neighborhood.
Brown said that helping out off the court is a traditional part of
Tennessee Tech basketball, and is important, because it gives the
team a chance to thank the community in a big way.
“This gives our kids a great opportunity to appreciate
different aspects of our community,” Brown said.
“It’s really important for us to help out off the
court, and give back to the people who support us all year long on
the court.”
Photo’s of the team at the children’s museum as well
as the Habit for Humanity house are below.
