Madison,
Wis.-For the second year in a row the student-athletes of the Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) and Ministry Health Care have joined
together to fight hunger in Wisconsin.During the recent conference-wide food drive, the WIAC student-athletes collected over 6,000 food items that were donated to local food banks and pantries. Fans not only were asked to deposit non-perishable food items into designated collection containers at all WIAC athletic events, but hundreds of WIAC student athletes also went door to door with collection bags supplied by Ministry Health Care.
"The response to this year's food drive was simply outstanding and resulted in thousands of items of food being donated to food pantries/banks located in each of the nine WIAC communities", said WIAC Commissioner Gary Karner. "Our student-athletes and Ministry Health Care are to be commended for once again joining forces to provide much needed food items to those less fortunate than ourselves", Karner added.
The
WIAC consists of nine institutions from the University of Wisconsin System competing
at the NCAA Division III level including: UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh,
UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, UW-Superior, and
UW-Whitewater.Ministry Health Care is a values-driven health care delivery network of aligned hospitals, clinics and other providers, based in Wisconsin and Minnesota. With over 12,000 employees including physicians and health professionals, Ministry also offers home health, hospice, long-term care facilities, dialysis services, a health plan and many other services. The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, who have sponsored health care in the region for over 105 years, founded Ministry Health Care in 1984. Ministry's mission as a Catholic health care system is to further the healing ministry of Jesus by continually improving the health and well-being of all people, especially the poor, in the communities we serve.
Ministry Health Care is a major corporate partner of the WIAC.
