{"id":1407,"date":"2013-12-19T04:52:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T09:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2013\/12\/transylvania-coaches-choose-to-celebrate-holidays-with-local-schoolchildren\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:56:09","slug":"transylvania-coaches-choose-to-celebrate-holidays-with-local-schoolchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2013\/12\/transylvania-coaches-choose-to-celebrate-holidays-with-local-schoolchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania coaches choose to celebrate holidays with local schoolchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgBordersRight\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/arlington.jpg\" alt=\"Coaches at Arlington Elementary\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Co-workers often get together this time of year for libations and secret Santa gifts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut members of the Transylvania University athletics program decided to do something different. About 20 coaches and staff members got off the season\u2019s sidelines and took a van ride up North Limestone to visit Arlington Elementary students.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI had so much fun reading the Christmas books with the kids,\u201d head women\u2019s lacrosse coach Haley Marvine said. \u201cChildren around the holidays are always so excited. It was a really fun day.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe students reacted enthusiastically not only to the stories but also to the coaches\u2019 participation in their physical education classes, which kept the track and cross-country coaches hopping (er, jumping rope, that is).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTransylvania athletes and athletic staff have taken a more active role in the community all year. For example, the women\u2019s basketball team donated door receipts from the Besuden Classic toward a $1,000 gift to God\u2019s Pantry, and members of the volleyball team have been reading to elementary school children for two months.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThis is something we will do again,\u201d said cheer and dance head coach Tora Carter, who helped coordinate the Arlington visit. \u201cEveryone really enjoyed interacting with the teachers and students. Being able to give back at this time of year is special.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nArlington\u2019s Family Resource Center Director Linda Prater worked with Carter to make the event possible, as did Karen Anderson, coordinator of Transylvania\u2019s community service and civic engagement office.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe coaches and staff involved all enthusiastically support Carter\u2019s plan to schedule something similar next year:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tBrandon Bowman, head coach of the men\u2019s soccer team: \u201cThe kids said funny things, laughed and just seemed to have a good time while we were there. I hope they got as much from us as we got from them.&#8221;\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tJakob Hester, assistant cross-country coach and rope-jumping enthusiast: \u201cAs a coach, life is about more than just wins, losses or stats. I think volunteering is a wonderful reminder of that. It&#8217;s an easy way to stay grounded and humble, while also doing good for those around you. It was a great experience and I had a blast. The opportunity to positively impact a child&#8217;s life is hard to pass up, especially as a coach.&#8221;\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\n\tAlaina White, head athletic trainer: &#8220;My schedule is pretty busy, but I love giving back to the community. The students loved working with us \u2026 and I got to leave knowing that I made their day a little brighter.&#8221;\n\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nFor more information about the event, contact Carter at <a href=\"mailto:tcarter@transy.edu\">tcarter@transy.edu<\/a> or Holly Sheilley, director of athletics, at <a href=\"mailto:hsheilley@transy.edu\">hsheilley@transy.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Co-workers often get together this time of year for libations and secret Santa gifts. But members of the Transylvania University athletics program decided to do something different. About 20 coaches and staff members got off the season\u2019s sidelines and took a van ride up North Limestone to visit Arlington Elementary students. \u201cI had so much fun reading the Christmas books with the kids,\u201d head women\u2019s lacrosse coach Haley Marvine said. \u201cChildren around the holidays are always so excited. It was a really fun day.\u201d The students reacted enthusiastically not only to the stories but also to the coaches\u2019 participation in their physical education classes, which kept the track and cross-country coaches hopping (er, jumping rope, that is). Transylvania athletes and athletic staff have taken a more active role in the community all year. For example, the women\u2019s basketball team donated door receipts from the Besuden Classic toward a $1,000 gift to God\u2019s Pantry, and members of the volleyball team have been reading to elementary school children for two months. \u201cThis is something we will do again,\u201d said cheer and dance head coach Tora Carter, who helped coordinate the Arlington visit. \u201cEveryone really enjoyed interacting with the teachers and students. Being able to give back at this time of year is special.\u201d Arlington\u2019s Family Resource Center Director Linda Prater worked with Carter to make the event possible, as did Karen Anderson, coordinator of Transylvania\u2019s community service and civic engagement office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continueLink\"><a class=\"btn btn-info\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2013\/12\/transylvania-coaches-choose-to-celebrate-holidays-with-local-schoolchildren\/\">Read &ldquo;Transylvania coaches choose to celebrate holidays with local schoolchildren&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transylvania coaches choose to celebrate holidays with local schoolchildren - Transylvania University - 1780<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Co-workers often get together this time of year for libations and secret Santa gifts. 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