No Fixed Address<\/a>, an event being held at the Pen Centre from 10 a.m. Friday until 10 a.m. Saturday. Hosted by the YWCA, it\u2019s a 24-hour live-in-your-car-a-thon to promote awareness and raise funds for women\u2019s homelessness.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s the first official event of the recently launched Badgers Care Program, which is focusing on Brock\u2019s Athletics and Recreation department making a positive impact on the Niagara Community. The department hired a Badgers Care Program co-ordinator over the summer to help organize the University\u2019s involvement in events like No Fixed Address.<\/p>\n
This is the first\u00a0official\u00a0event launched by our Badgers Care Coordinator, Hannah Pass. She was hired this summer to start our Badgers Care Program at our department<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an exciting event as our first community outreach this year as a team,\u201d said Badgers women\u2019s basketball coach Ashley MacSporran. \u201cI wanted my team to experience a night living in their cars to understand the realities right here in our city. With a majority of people impacted being women and youth, I felt very strongly that my team needed to step up and be a part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to MacSporran and assistant coach Amy Audibert, participating players from the Badgers basketball team include: Kira Cornelissen, Alex Symonds, Mellissa Tatti, Bridget Atkinson, Jess Morris, Chrissy Sirignano, Allie Columbus, Shannon Northey and Nikitia Chappell.<\/p>\n
Jenna Martin and Hannah Pass from women\u2019s fencing will also be taking part, along with women\u2019s volleyball players Maddie Brown and Hannah Davenhill.
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