UM Athletes Join President Clinton and CGI U Students at Service Project

April 19, 2010

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – On the final day of the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative University meeting, more than 100 University of Miami Student Athletes from nine teams including football, men’s and women’s basketball, swimming, diving, rowing, women’s soccer and men’s and women’s track joined 1,000 students, a few top athletes, celebrities and government officials to take part in a wide range of community service activities at The Homestead Air Base at the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust’s Homestead complex.

The community houses approximately 500 formerly homeless individuals and families. The complex is comprised of a full-service homeless assistance center which provides on-site health and dental care, a Head Start school program, case management, housing for U.S. veterans, transitional housing and a dog kennel.

Attendees rehabilitated existing facilities and grounds to help prepare for the Trust’s upcoming expansion, which will include the addition of 145 permanent housing units, an organic nursery, and a farmers market. The Homeless Trust’s expanded facility will serve as a cutting-edge national model for homeless assistance, affordable housing, and micro-enterprise.

UM student-athletes joined former President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman, Clinton Global Initiative, former NBA player Alonzo Mourning, the founder of Alonzo Mourning Charities and current Miami Dolphins players Lousaka Polite, Patrick Cobbs, Greg Camarillo and Oakland Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, the Founder, Asomugha College Tour for Scholars (ACTS).

The Homeless Trust is located at 28500 S.W. 125th Avenue at the former Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead.