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The brothers of Chi Psi captured the Hamilton Association for Volunteering and Charity (HAVOC) Kickball Tournament crown on Sunday, April 2.

The COOP CSI program enables students with an interest in community service to work in a paid internship in a nonprofit organization. Here are some of the reflections expressed by the student CSIs and their supervisors at the 7th annual breakfast.

More than 180 Hamilton students participated in HAVOC’s 19th annual MLK Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 21. The students volunteered at 23 different organizations in the Utica, Clinton, Rome and New Hartford communities, and served a combined 555 hours.

Hamilton Association for Volunteering Outreach and Charity (HAVOC) sponsored its 15th annual Dodgeball tournament on Oct. 22. Fourteen teams of 90 students participated and raised over $500 for Team Impact.

The Hamilton Association for Volunteering Outreach and Charity (HAVOC) 15th annual Make a Difference Day took place at 20 different sites in the area.

The men’s hockey team turned from the ice of Sage Rink to the floor of the field house and captured the Hamilton Association for Volunteering and Charity (HAVOC) Kickball Tournament crown on Sunday, April 3. The event, which drew 11 teams and more than 80 student participants, raised $570 for the Daniel Barden Mudfest.

Members of the men’s and women’s golf teams participated in the Jan. 23 HAVOC MLK Service Day.  They moved office furniture and organized files at the Samaritan Counseling Center. A record 195 Hamilton students took part in the 18th annual event, volunteering at 22 local non-profit organizations.

Some Hamilton athletes took time from preparing for finals to read to children at several local elementary schools on Dec. 4.  Athletes representing many of Hamilton’s varsity teams went to Sauquoit, Clinton and Whitesboro Elementary Schools and read to K-5th grade classrooms. 

The Hamilton Association for Volunteering, Outreach and Charity (HAVOC) recently donated $1,026. to the Utica Public Library for its backpack exchange program.  The early literacy program offers themed activity backpacks for infants to children age 5.  Each backpack includes books, musical CDs, activities list and educational toys. These are borrowed by parents and caregivers to expand the library experience to the home.

The Hamilton Association for Volunteering Outreach and Charity (HAVOC) general board hosted an education and literacy panel on Nov. 17 which discussed libraries, the Common Core and the critical importance of early childhood literacy. The four panelists were Adjunct Professor Richard Hunt, Director of the Utica Public Library Darby O’Brien, America Reads Student Co-Director Erica Quach ’16, and Brian Sobotko ’16, head tutor at A Better Chance (ABC) House.