SAM Meeting Minutes
October 14, 2007

1.    Rob Skinner
a.    New Athletic Dept. nutritionist. He has two offices. One at JPJ behind cookie table and the other is in McCue weight room.
b.    He can also be used as one of your teams two presentations required for the year, but don’t wait to schedule him!

2.    Life Skills website: www.athletic.virginia.edu/lifeskills
a.    Minutes and attendance of each meeting will be on the website by the Thursday following meeting night.
b.    Community service opportunities and others posted.
i.    Halloween night- Burleigh middle school does an alternative Halloween for kids and would love to have as many athletes volunteer as possible.

3.    Bottled Water Project for Substance Abuse awareness week
a.    Handing out water bottles to encourage not only drinking water but also healthy choices.
i.    October 31, November 1 and November 3
b.    9pm-12am Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday (before the game).
i.    Two different spots. Bodo’s and Little Johns.  90 minute shifts.
ii.    We are working on getting that water for free. We have some, but not enough and are welcoming donations or ideas of where to get it.

4.    Game night is November 27th. Need t-shirt sizes from teams.

5.    Shootout for Cancer
a.    We need to figure out what cancer organization we want to sponsor.
i.    In the past it has been the Jennifer foundation, but has become increasingly difficult.
ii.    Anyone you want to contact let the SAM’s know and they will be you a donor letter.