Since its founding in 2005, the Sport Management Club has raised over a quarter of a million dollars through its annual sports auction benefitting local charities including the Boys & Girls Clubs, American Diabetes Association, Golisano Children’s Hospital at Upstate, Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY, the Central New York SPCA, Upstate Cancer Center, Special Olympics New York and Food Bank of CNY.

During the SU men’s basketball game on Dec. 6, generous supporters placed bids on over 560 items during the SPM Club’s 10th Annual Charity Sports Auction. The SPM Club, a student-run organization in the Falk College’s Sport Management Department, additionally hosted an online auction in collaboration with Steiner Sports Memorabilia. As a result of months of hard work by nearly 100 Syracuse University students, $59,185 was raised for Make-A-Wish of Central New York. At least five wishes will come true for seriously ill children in our community.

We wanted the 10th anniversary year of our Charity Sports Auction to be something special, and thanks to the campus and local communities, it was just that and so much more. We simply couldn’t be prouder of the hundreds of students who have participated in this event’s success over the years, or more thankful to this community — the businesses who’ve donated products and services, the dozens of individuals and campus offices that have promoted and supported this event and all of the SU fans who’ve once again helped us exceed our goals. This student organization can proudly say they’ve raised over a quarter of a million dollars for the community they call home.

Thank you for helping us make wishes come true.

Brooke Del Guercio and Hannah Visnosky, 2014 Auction Co-Chairs

James DiDonato, Club President, 2014–15
Michael and Kate Veley, Founders and Advisers 

SPM Club at Syracuse University