NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The entire Vanderbilt women’s basketball team was recognized on the SEC Community Service Team as announced by the conference office Thursday.
Vanderbilt’s women’s basketball team members worked together throughout the year to fight for social justice, combat childhood illiteracy and host a Miracle Child from the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
As a team, the Commodores created, edited and produced their own video message for the Black Lives Matter movement in the pursuit of social justice and equity for all, which encouraged everyone to be the change they want to be in the world, as well as to volunteer, vote and donate. As part of those efforts, through Vanderbilt’s newly-formed Black Student-Athlete Group, several Commodores volunteered for the voter registration drive for Nashville residents at Vanderbilt Stadium.
The team also sponsored Mr. C’s Reading Club challenge in February. The reading program encourages students in pre-K through fifth grade at Metro Nashville Public Schools, and the Commodores provided live book readings via zoom to local elementary schools throughout the month.
In addition, the Commodores have hosted via zoom their 12-year-old Miracle Child, Megan, who suffered from brain bleeding and underwent surgery. As part of the initiative, the Commodores have raised money for Dancing Dores, the annual philanthropy program benefiting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
