Hurricanes Deliver Thanksgiving Dinners
Nov. 21, 2000
Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) — – Student-athletes from the University of Miami football, women’s crew, women’s tennis, women’s track, and women’s basketball teams distributed Thanksgiving Dinners to six Miami-area shelters on Monday, November 20.
The teams distributed 75 full dinners, compliment of Sysco Food Services of South Florida. The 2000 holiday season marked the sixth consecutive year that the Hurricanes have reached out to the community during Thanksgiving.
This year the Hurricanes visited the following area shelters:
Children & Families
Ronald McDonald House
Winn Dixie Hope Lodge
Gladstone Center
Boystown
Florida Baptist Home
Among the players to visit these area shelters were:
FootballWillie DixonMarquis JohnsonJason GeathersCarlos JosephBradley KunzDarrell McGloverJared McClureWillis McGaheeT.J. PruntyJoel RodriguezJonathon VilmaTariq VlaunCarl WalkerDavid WilliamsSantonio ThomasJohn SquareDerrick Crudup
CrewAmanda TurnerBridget GallagherJenny KrawecJenny LeeCina QuezadaMarijka VanderPolMonika ManiosJacqui Julien
TrackGina HarrisJamillah WadeKitoya CarterWyllesheia Myrick
BasketballLonnie WhighamLindsey Peavey
TennisAssociate Head Coach Paige Yaroshuk