ALFRED, NY – Alfred University Athletics will be hosting a Community Day on January 27, 2018 in the Joyce & Walton Family Center for Health and Wellness, educating local youth to make healthy lifestyle decisions.
 
The AU Athletics Community Day is a two-part event focusing on healthy lifestyle education for today's youth. The day begins at 8AM when AU Athletics offers all local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts the opportunity to earn their swim and nutrition badges. At 12PM, the Joyce & Walton Family Center for Health and Wellness will open the doors to all who wish to participate in a youth sports clinic hosted by the student-athletes of Alfred University.
 
Registration for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts to earn their swimming merit badge and nutrition merit badge can be found here. Registration costs $10 (paid at the door) and includes the opportunity to earn both badges and a bagged lunch (please register all food allergies within the registration form here).
 
"We are excited to invite not only our local Boy and Girl Scouts to these events but also our local community to participate in a day that promotes sports and health education in our region,"  Paul Vecchio, Director of Athletics, said. "Our hope is to make this an annual event and build even more community-related events into the program in the future. I hope everyone can take a break from the cold outside, come in and enjoy the warm and inviting confines of the Joyce and Walton Center and McLane Center for some great activities and exciting basketball action."
 
Check-in for the merit badges begins at 8AM in the McLane Center lobby with swimming merit badge testing beginning at 9AM and running to 10:30AM. The nutrition merit badge education and simultaneous lunch will begin at 11AM and run to approximately 12PM.
 
Following the merit badge sessions for the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, children of all ages are invited to the Joyce & Walton Family Center for Health and Wellness where the following games will be hosted by AU student-athletes:
 

• Basketball knockout
• Football toss
• Lacrosse shot
• Soccer shot
• Long jump
• Relay races on the indoor track

 
The youth sports clinic will begin at 12PM and conclude prior to the tip-off of the Alfred University men's basketball game against Elmira College at 2PM. The AU women's basketball game versus Elmira will begin at 4PM. Registration for the games in the Joyce & Walton Family Center for Health and Wellness and admission to both basketball games are free. For any questions regarding the Alfred University Community Day, please reach out to Terel Marshburn at TJM6@alfred.edu.