Alfred University toy drive collects more than 650 toys for area children
Alfred University’s first Saxon Toy Drive Competition, sponsored by the Alfred University chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), collected 675 toys that will be distributed to The Hornell Community Outreach Group, which in turn will oversee present distributions during the holiday season.
ALFRED, NY – Alfred University’s first Saxon Toy Drive Competition, sponsored by the Alfred University chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), collected 675 toys that will be distributed to The Hornell Community Outreach Group, which in turn will oversee present distributions during the holiday season.
Student athletes at Alfred University brought in donations totaling 610 toys, according to Victoria Cramp '20 (B.S., accounting), a graduate student in Alfred University’s College of Business and Graduate Assistant Advisor for AMA. Two teams alone, Cheerleading and Softball, collected nearly 200 new toys each. Cramp says the Cheering and Softball teams have been crowned co-champions of the competition, adding that two more teams – Track and Field, and Tennis – also collected more than 100 toys each.
Cramp, who helped found HCOG and serves on its board of trustees, also saluted efforts from Alfred University’s Equestrian, Swimming and Diving, Women’s Basketball, and Women’s Lacrosse teams for bringing in toys that boosted the overall efforts of the University’s athletes.
“With this incredible turnout, bragging rights and a pizza party belong to everyone,” Cramp said. Honors and a special gift will go to the two co-champion teams in the early weeks of the spring 2022 semester.
According to Cramp, the toy drive will benefit more than 50 area families identified by the Hornell City School District who are in need this holiday season. Along with the toys, the families will also receive a meal bag that will supply them for the entirety of winter break. HCOG partners with Station Church, located in the Village of North Hornell, and their Hope for Hornell initiative for such holiday efforts.
In photo above: Victoria Cramp '20, Graduate Assistant Advisor for Alfred University chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA), is surrounded by toys that were collected for distribution throughout Hornell-area communities this holiday season.