The College Sports Information Directors of America Goodwill Committee, formerly known as the Charity Committee, is proud to announce details about its first-ever service project at the annual CoSIDA Convention. This year the Goodwill Committee will hold a three-hour service project on Monday, June 22, at 9 a.m. at the San Antonio Food Bank.
“We are really excited about this opportunity to volunteer at the site of our annual convention and to promote CoSIDA in the communities we visit each year,” said CoSIDA Goodwill Committee Chair Sam Atkinson the Director of Sports Information at Salisbury University. “The San Antonio Food Bank has been great to work with in organizing this event and we cannot wait to get to San Antonio to volunteer our time to this great cause.”
Any registered member of the CoSIDA Convention that is interested in volunteering in this service project at the San Antonio Food Bank should contact Sam Atkinson at jsatkinson@salisbury.edu or call 410.543.6016 for more details.
The CoSIDA Goodwill Committee has also established a new mission statement and slogan, “CoSIDA Cares”. The new mission statement is; The College Sports Information Directors of America Goodwill Committee strives to leave a positive mark on the communities we visit during our annual convention. Our focus is to involve our colleagues in the importance of giving back and how they can help their own communities year round.
“The response from our current committee members has been very positive about our new direction,” said CoSIDA Goodwill Committee Vice-Chair Ryan Klinkner the Athletic Media Relations Director at Saint John’s (Minn.) University. “We want to continue to build this committee and welcome anyone who wants to serve to join us.”
The CoSIDA Goodwill Committee will also meet as a committee in San Antonio on Monday, June 22, at 12:30 p.m., in Conference Room 8 for those interested in attending. For more information about the CoSIDA Goodwill Committee or if you are interested in joining please contact Sam Atkinson (
jsatkinson@salisbury.edu) or Ryan Klinkner (
rklinkner@csbsju.edu).
The San Antonio Food Bank (SAFB) is a non-profit organization that serves as a clearinghouse by receiving and storing truckloads of donated food, produce, and other grocery products. SAFB distributes these items in manageable quantities to approximately 400 service agencies that help people in need. Through their network of partner agencies, the SAFB served 21,300,000 meals to poor and hungry individuals and families last year. For more information about the San Antonio Food Bank please log onto its Web site
www.safoodbank.org or call 1.800.246.9121.