UMass Boston SIFE Holding Dodgeball Tournament to Benefit The Jimmy Fund Thursday

UMass Boston’s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and The Jimmy Fund are teaming up to host a campus-wide dodgeball tournament at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, in the Clark Center Hockey Rink.

Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund.

UMass Boston sophomore Jared Ward, founder of the campus’s SIFE chapter, said his organization had been looking for a way to bring everyone on campus together — students, faculty, and staff— for a good cause.

“I believe people should come out in the spirit of giving and helping to donate to this phenomenal cause, The Jimmy Fund, and helping a hardworking student organization,” Ward said. “But it’s also in the spirit of coming together as a campus, whether you’re an athlete, student, a professor, or administrator. It’s an event where everyone wins.”

Teams will consist of five players at $5 per person. The event runs from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

“This is a way to connect with other people on campus … find a common ground with teachers, other students,” Ward said. “And there are no titles on the dodgeball floor.”

People can receive more information by emailing Jared.Ward001@umb.edu.

Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is an international nonprofit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders.

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