BASEBALL PARTICIPATES IN MEALS ON WHEELS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY SENIOR BOOT CAMP

BASEBALL PARTICIPATES IN MEALS ON WHEELS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY SENIOR BOOT CAMP
April 2, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/2/24)  The Dominican University Baseball team volunteered their services to the Meals on Wheels Rockland County Senior Boot Camp on March 21st from 9:30am – 12:30 pm at the Hennessy Center at Dominican University.

The "Senior Boot Camp" is an event that initially began in 2012 and ran annually until 2019 when COVID forced the event to stop. There were over 125 Meals on Wheels Senior Activity Center participants at the event.  Meals on Wheels Rockland County is comprised of four centers across the county, Clarkstown-Pearl River, Nyack, Orangetown and Ramapo.

The seniors participated in ten events, including cup stacking, duck memory game, soccer kicking, flickin' chicken and maze game.  Senior Boot Camp is a fun way for Senior Activity Center members to come together and stretch their bodies and minds. It encourages exercise and movement within our seniors, enjoy some friendly competition and definitely brings smiles!

"Our members of meals on wheels love this event, not only the games but the interaction they have with Dominican University Baseball Team," said Director of Operation for Meals on Wheels Rockland County Amy Bianco.  "The baseball players helped with the games and lead the way for our members to do the electric slide. Thank You Dominican University and the young men on the baseball team."

"Our players enjoy helping organizations such as Meals on Wheels and other organization in the Rockland County," said Head Coach Rick Giannetti.  "Our community engagement is much more than just service, it is the interaction with the communities in Rockland County that." mean the most to us

Meals on Wheels has been improving the quality of life for aging Rockland County residents for more than four decades. Our Home Delivered Meals program provides fresh, nutritious food designed to cater to the dietary needs of older adults. Caring volunteers deliver more than just a meal - their daily visits provide a vital safety check and friendly conversation that reduces loneliness and isolation. At Meals on Wheels, we strive to provide a continuum of care aimed at enhancing the overall wellness of older adults and their families.

All information about Meals on Wheels is from their website www.mowrockland.org.

                                                                                                       

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.