Day 2: Athletes in Action Classic
As the starters for the first game of the Athletes in Action Classic were announced on Friday night each one ran through his line of teammates, high-fiving and jumping around, then proceeded to center court to toss a pair of socks in a Socks for Seattle donation bin. This process repeated for the second game of the night as well, a fun reminder for fans to take part in the sock drive throughout the weekend.
It was encouraging to see all of the tournament teams participating in the sock drive. Both Belmont and Wright State are over 2,000 miles from Seattle, but they still managed to bring a few bags of socks to the tournament. With the example that the teams set, AIA is hoping to see the number of sock donations from fans increase as the tournament progresses.
On Friday night the number of sock donations was actually a little higher than expected, but with the increased awareness from the promotions at Friday’s games, Athletes in Action is expecting to see even more packages come in on Saturday and Sunday.
Here’s Life Inner City will be distributing the socks to those in need in the Seattle/Tacoma area after the tournament has concluded.
Tournament Notes:
Friday night Results (11/13):
Belmont beat Portland State 74-67.
University of Washington beat Wright State 74-69.