Truman Defends its Title in Univest’s Caring for Sports Giveaway

Truman Defends its Title in Univest’s Caring for Sports Giveaway

digitalsportsnews | November 13, 2014
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Univest is Committed to Local, so much so that they created a Committed to Local Giving Program in 2012. After the economic downturn, Univest realized that the communities it services needed help. The not- for-profit program is designed to support the ever changing needs of the communities in the form of Arts and culture, education, health and wellness, social services and civic organizations. Univest teamed up with Suburban One Sports for their third Caring for Communities Giveaway of 2014 to find a local Athletic Department that deserves a $1,000 prize. This is the contest’s requirements: • Identify a school that has an athletic program that deserves the $1,000 donation. • Nominate the school by posting a comment on the Univest Facebook page or tweeting a vote to @UnivestCorp • The school with the most posts at the end of the contest will win the following: $1,000 for the school’s Athletic Department A special giveaway for the fantastic fans at a home athletic game or pep rally in October A school spirit banner to display at the school Last year, Harry S. Truman in Bucks County, Pennsylvania was the lucky recipient of the $1,000 prize, and they did it again this year! Truman used its entire student body to show their spirit and appreciation for Univest by spelling out the Company's name in their bleachers. Kim Detwiler, Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications represented the company at the presentation: “This is the most exciting and surprising welcome that we receive when we present a check for $1,000,” Detwiler said. “It really is phenomenal. We couldn’t script it better. They honored us in an incredible way.” The school’s student body was also presented with "Number One" foam fingers to celebrate their victory, which the students waved around proudly while cheering on their team. “Once again, you guys were given a mission, a very important mission, a very tough mission, and you rose to the occasion like the Truman Tigers you are,” says Truman Athletic Director, Mike Stock. The students felt a sense of unity that day, all beaming with pride for the success of the school’s joint effort. “All of our students are really involved – everybody goes all out,” says, Senior Madison Piasecki. Detweiler commented, “This is one of the ways Univest gives back to our community and really support education. There’s such a great need for public education to be funded and to be supported by businesses in the local community, and this is one of the ways we do that.” The contest is one way that students can connect with each other and show their school pride. One Truman Student explains, “It’s awesome that Univest offers this. It helps everything at Truman. The whole school is thankful to Univest.” GO TIGERS!!!! Here is the video provided by Surburban One Sports: