MassBay Business Club To Buy 20 New Coats For Students

WELLESLEY, MA — MassBay Community College’s student-run Business Club held a 3-on-3 basketball tournament in December and raised $593 to purchase winter coats for students in need. The money will be used to buy 20 winter coats to be added to the on-campus coat racks for students to take or donate winter jackets. The rest of the money will be donated to the MassBay Student Hunger Assistance Fund.

Tournament participants won prizes that club members secured from local businesses including, LifeTime Fitness, Duck Soup, Starbucks and Corporate Chefs. The 3-on-3 basketball team who won the tournament were Sebastian Denis of Plainville, Sam Masse of Waltham, and Jean-Philippe O’Brien of Waltham.

“The fundraiser was the idea of the students in the Business Club and was in response to the increasing awareness of homelessness, lack of basic needs, and food insecurity among our students,” said MassBay Business Club Advisor and Professor, Carolyn Gould. “The hope is to educate the community-at-large about the extent of the impact of these issues on our students how they affect students’ ability to succeed in college and beyond.”

This was the second 3-on-3 basketball tournament the Business Club held this year. In spring 2019, the club held the first tournament, raising $843 for the Student Hunger Assistance Fund.