(09-30-09) WEST HAVEN, Conn. - Michaelangelo Pizza and Subs was named the 2009 UNH Department of Athletics West Haven Pizza Challenge winners at the Chargers' opening football game on Saturday, September 19. As part of West Haven Community Day, the Department of Athletics also held a West Haven Pizza Challenge.
Students, faculty, staff and fans voted in the pizza challenge which helped kickoff the UNH Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's (SAAC) Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraising efforts. As "voters" entered the pizza challenge area they were asked to make a minimum donation of $1 to the SAAC initiative. The total collected was over $350.
Michaelangelo's was later presented with a certificate for their winning effort.
West Haven Community Day and the Pizza Challenge were part of the UNH Department of Athletics broader community engagement efforts, which seeks to help the surrounding towns and community organizations while providing opportunities for student-athletes and coaches to give back to their communities. Have an idea? Contact UNH Associate Director of Athletics, Susan Zawacki at szawacki@newhaven.edu.
