Oct. 2, 2008
Lady Lions at Day of Caring Photo Gallery
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. - The Penn State Lady Lion basketball team participated in the PNC Bank-United Way "Day of Caring" on Thursday. The squad painted rooms at the Centre Furnace Mansion, which serves as the headquarters for the Centre County Historical Society.
Each year, "Day of Caring" volunteers work on improvement projects for Centre County; these services are available for all qualifying non-profit organizations, community recreational facilities, historical sites, and other relevant areas. The projects consist of activities such as landscaping, painting and repair. Last year's event had over 600 volunteers, working on over 260 projects in 110 locations throughout Centre County.
The Lady Lions have been a long-time participant in the "Day of Caring," painting houses for multiple organizations and cleaning up Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in the past.
The Lady Lions being the 2008-09 campaign with an exhibition game against California (Pa.) on Sun., Nov. 9, before opening the 2008-09 regular-season campaign with a three-game homestand against South Carolina (Sun., Nov. 16), Stony Brook (Wed., Nov. 19) and Prairie View A&M (Fri., Nov. 21). For information on Lady Lion Basketball tickets, call the Penn State ticket office at 814-865-5555.
Penn State will also participate in the Third Annual Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden on Sun., Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. where it will face perennial national contender Connecticut, a game that will be televised on ESPNU. A Penn State block of tickets for the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden, starting at $15.00, are available; please call 1-800-NITTANY to purchase tickets in the block or for more information. The Lady Lion Cager Club is planning a bus trip for the Maggie Dixon Classic, for more information visit www.LadyLionCagerClub.com.