Tiger Cub Club

The mission is to conduct various programs and activities to bridge the gap between the Saint Paul’s College Athletic Department and the community by targeting the surrounding counties’ youth to aspire for higher education with the influence of men and women student-athletes.

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Saint Paul’s Basketball Teams Pack Shoe Box Gift

Lawrenceville, VA: Saint Paul’s College Women’s and Men’s Basketball teams started the Christmas cheer early by providing an enthusiastic Saint Paul’s Day Care Center child a personally packaged shoe box gift.  Held in the Thomason student Center, the event was complete with carol singing, eats and drinks. 

The shoe box activity was coordinated by Serena King-Coleman, Senior Woman Administrator for Saint Paul’s College. “Everyone needs to participate in a little bit of holiday fun. This was a great opportunity for our athletes to give back and to help present Saint Paul’s in a positive light throughout the Community,” stated Mrs. King-Coleman.  

This is the second activities scheduled by the Saint Paul’s College Athletic Department to coincide with its community outreach initiative. The goal of the initiative is to infuse Saint Paul’s athlete’s professionalism with civic responsibility. 

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Saint Paul’s Athletic Department Creates Community Outreach Initiative

Lawrenceville, VA: October 22, 2008- Saint Paul’s College Athletic Department has created a community outreach initiative that infuses the athlete’s professionalism with civic responsibility.

According to the Athletic Director Leroy Bacote, the goal of the initiative is to take the athlete’s leadership, strong work ethic, sportsmanship and healthy habits to inspire youth to reach for their dreams. "We have some great athletes enrolled in our program and they can contribute significantly to motivating the youth in our community to excel," remarks Mr. Bacote.

The first activity involved student athletes, Crystal Rood and Antony Wynn of the Saint Paul’s College Basketball teams, who volunteered to read thematic books during Fire Prevention week for Story Time at the Brunswick County Library. Rood, a sophomore from Woodbridge, VA, plays guard for the women’s basketball team and Wynn, a senior from Richmond, VA, plays forward for the men’s basketball team. Additional student athletes have volunteered to read at Story Time next month on November 13 and on November 20.

Children’s and Youth Services Coordinator, Jessie Gordon, developed Story Time as an outreach service available to daycare centers, Head Start classes and schools to get children more involved in the Brunswick Library. In the many instances, children who participate in story time will come back to the library to check out the book read earlier that day.

Other community outreach activities planned by Saint Paul’s Athletic Department are the purchase and distribution of books to youngsters, free tickets to basketball games, and the adoption of classrooms for the holiday seasons.