May 14, 2017
The Vanderbilt Commodores have arrived in in the Caribbean!
In partnership with Soles4Souls, Vanderbilt athletics is spending the upcoming week on a service trip to Jamaica. Student-athletes and Vanderbilt staffers are slated to visit local schools and distribute shoes and other items to children. The group will also visit beaches and other sites in the tropical locale.
The Commodores departed from Vanderbilt’s McGugin Center at 3:45 a.m. Sunday morning and arrived in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Sunday afternoon.
We are off to Jamaica with some of of our favorite @vucommodores and @Soles4Souls! #AnchorDown #Soles4Souls #GiveShoesGiveLove pic.twitter.com/U7B2k1HJYq
 AnchorDownProduction (@VandyVideo) May 14, 2017
Soles4Souls is a not-for-profit global social enterprise committed to fighting poverty through the collection and distribution of shoes and clothing. Since 2006, Soles4Souls has collected and distributed 30 million pairs of new shoes to those in need in 127 countries around the world and all 50 states in the U.S.
Check back at VUCommodores.com all this week for video coverage and daily blogs from student-athletes on Vanderbilt’s service trip to Jamaica.
The following student-athletes traveled with the group:
Emmanuel Smith (football)
Myka Dancy (women’s basketball)
Lydia Simmons (soccer)
Hadley Brown (lacrosse)
Erin Whalen (women’s basketball)
Avery Hoelting (lacrosse)
Melanie Becker (lacrosse)
Jackie Welch (soccer)
Allie Bruder (soccer)
Brenda Cha (swim)
Jordan Newham (bowling)
Kathryn Babbin (swimming)
Bryanna Leyen (bowling)
Courtney Zeng (golf)
Paige Hamilton (swimming)
Josh Smith (football)
Kara Lucenti (swimming)
Erin Primdahl (swimming)
Selah Peacock (swimming)
Lauren Johnson (golf)
