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ATHLETICS
Women's Basketball Supports Uvalde
Cru women’s basketball held a school supplies drive this summer to support Uvalde's Robb Elementary and Uvalde ISD students.
Just after UMHB started back for the semester, the team took three vans to Uvalde, with each back seat and trunk area filled with supplies. The team collected enough to provide 70 to 75 kids with school supplies and also classroom cleaning supplies, said Coach Mark Morefield.
Earlier in the summer, the team also put together a basketball camp for the Uvalde students.
“With the basketball camp, our primary goal was to try and give the children something they could enjoy while having fun. We wanted to give them an experience where they could be kids again,” said Morefield. “We talk about ‘we over me’ in our program and the emphasis of servant leadership,” he said. “We are preparing young adults in our program to be a light in society. This opportunity is what servant leadership is about. Both the camp and the school supply drive gave our players and coaches an opportunity to connect with those students and parents.
“We wanted to provide some normalcy, even if only for a couple of hours, or help them take something off their to-do list like getting school supplies. This opportunity provided our team a chance to see what it means to be a servant leader.”
He added that he hopes everyone will continue to pray for the Uvalde community.
“It may not be on the frontlines of the media, but this is a community that is still hurting and needs all the prayers and involvement that one can do,” Morefield said.
