X ATHLETICS in the COMMUNITY
Service to the community is one of the core values of the StFX Athletic Department and is one not taken lightly by StFX varsity athletes. Each year student-athletes from all varsity teams volunteer their time to multiple fundraisers, special events and youth programs in an effort to give back to both the local Antigonish community and the StFX community. The Student-Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) assists in the coordination of community service opportunities as StFX student-athletes contribute in access of 2000 hours of community service volunteer work every year.
Some of the annual events that the Athletic Department has been associated with over the past number of years include Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer Awareness nights, the Halloween Safe Crossing Program, Tim Horton’s Cupful a Cure in support of St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Foundation, the X Athletes for Charity event and X-Out Bullying.
StFX Athletics Community Initiatives
| ACALA Fit 4 Lit road race | Kids First Family Resource Centre |
| Antigonish Highland Games | locker room visits |
| Arthritis Society canvassing | Make a Wish Foundation |
| ALS Awareness | March for violence against women |
| Alzheimer’s Society canvassing | Prostate Cancer awareness |
| Best Buddies | Relay for Life |
| Big Brothers/Big Sisters | Rick Hansen Relay |
| Breakfast of Champions | Run Against Racism |
| Breast Cancer awareness | school gym programs |
| CACL canvassing | school reading programs |
| Christmas parade | Shoes & Clothes for Ugandan Soles |
| coaching minor sports teams | Special Olympics |
| community skates | Terry Fox Run |
| Father Kehoe Dinner & Auction | Tim Horton’s Cupful a Cure fundraiser |
| Father Kehoe Golf Classic | Tim Horton's smile cookie fundraiser |
| food bank fundraisers | X Athletes for Charity Event |
| Fit for Life | X Out Bullying |
| Fit for Tots | X Project |
| Halloween Safe Crossing | X-ring ceremony |
| Homecoming events |