Humboldt State SAAC

Happy Fourth of July Everyone! Wishing you a safe and fun Independents Day! --HSU SAAC TEAM

Yesterday we sorted all the donated clothing we received through out the year! Glad we could help gather gear for Betty Chinn! #hsusaac #gojacks

Great Gatsby Theme

2014-15 SAAC Group!

With the end of the spring semester comes the end of the annual Penny Wars! "Everyone else" won with $15.74, while the girls finished with $3.48 and the guys finished with $5.88. Thanks to all who participated this year!! Have a happy and safe summer everyone and make sure to tune in next year to see what were up to!!

The End of the Year SAAC Party took place at Mad River Beach this year with a potluck and a bonfire! We would like to thank everyone for their participation in all our events this year and we look forward to next year's events!

HSU SAAC members Jacqui Lewis and Michael Powell dropping off cans to Betty Chinn from our annual Canned Food Drive! Thanks to all those who donated!!

Take a look at our President Ricky Sims and Treasurer Michael Powell when they went to the CCAA SAAC Conference in LA! They teamed up with other CCAA SAAC members to volunteer for the Ronald McDonald Walk for Kids! Good job Fellas, we're proud of you!

Athlete's Ball is tonight!! Tickets are $8 at the door and this year we will be offering professional photos for $4! All proceeds of this event go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, so come out, dress up, and dance all night to help us raise money for this amazing cause! The Humbrews Event Room doors open at 9pm and the ball will end at Midnight! Bring a date or go with a group, we hope to see you there tonight!!

Another fun athlete's ball with tons of dancing and music!

Have you purchased your Athlete's Ball tickets yet? Make sure to connect with an HSU SAAC member to do so! This year's theme is James Bond: 007 and we couldn't be more excited to see this year's turn out! The event is taking place at Humbrews from 9pm to midnight, tickets are only $8 and all proceeds go to Make-A-Wish Foundation! We hope to see you there!!

Everyone wanted a picture with the First Annual Gatorade Pong's first ever tounament winners: Team Big Papi's! Thanks for playing guys, we hope to see you next year to defend your title!

Today's the day! Come to the West Gym at 1 pm for our first annual Gatorade Pong Tournament! It's going to be a great time! Hope to see you all there!

HSU SAAC spending Sunday sorting, packaging, and dropping off clothes to Betty Chinn and getting a tour of her newly opened Day Center in Eureka! Thanks again to all those that donated this year!

Registration forms are due by the end of the day on Friday to the Athletics office in the KA building or to any HSU SAAC representative!! Look for our table tomorrow in the Quad for more details and sign up sheets if you haven't picked one up already!

Thank you to all those that donated clothes during our campus clothing drive back in December! We sorted through and dropped off all the clothes to Betty Chinn today and she was very appreciative of our donations!! Pictures of today will be up soon, make sure to check them out! And also, don't forget to sign up for Gatorade Pong if you are planning to attend! Its only a week away!

Just a little more than a week left until our first annual Gatorade Pong event!! Make sure you find an HSU SAAC representative or head to the Athletic's office in the KA building to sign up!! We only have room for 80 teams, so make sure you reserve your team's spot in the bracket!! Message our page if you have any questions!!

Have you signed up for the 1st Annual Gatorade Pong Event yet? If you haven't, drop by the Athletics office in the Kinesiology & Athletics building today and reserve your team's spot on the bracket!!

We are so excited to present to you the First Annual Gatorade Pong Tournament brought to your campus by your HSU SAAC! Find a partner and sign up while spots on the bracket are still available! The tournament is Sunday February 16th starting at 1pm. There will be a prize for the winning team and a raffle prize as well! The entry fee is 10 cans of food or just $10 and teams that have uniforms will receive one free raffle ticket towards winning a prize! We hope to see you all there! Go Jacks!

Another dream come true by Make-A-Wish! We are so proud to be supporting such a great foundation that make things like this happen for such deserving kids!

Keep your eyes peeled for the bins around campus to donate your old or unwanted clothes during the annual HSU SAAC Clothing Drive!! All of the clothes are being donated to Betty Chinn in support of the amazing work that she does for the homeless community around Humboldt County! Drop off your clothes all this week!! There are bins in the SRC (the gym) , the Kinesiology and Athletic Building, the library, and the KBR lobby!! Donate, donate, donate!!! And a special thank you to those who have already donated their clothes!

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and save remainder of the break from all of us at HSU SAAC!

We are thankful for incredible student-athletes!

If you haven't seen this in the news recently, here is a little taste of what we help to raise money for! Thanks to all that help us raise money for Make-A-Wish, things like this are made possible by you guys! http://www.usatoday.com///15/batkid-san-francisco/3588173/#

Check out the article on us by The Lumberjack, our campus newspaper! http://thelumberjack.org//athletes-committed-to-make-a-di/

Thank you to those that donated and bought treats at our volleyball and football tables! We are proud to report that we raised over $300 with your help! The link to the group that we'll donate the money to is: http://www.hcbhp.org/. Check them out and thanks to all again!!

HSU SAAC raising money for breast cancer research, thanks to all those that bought our baked goodies and those that donated to the cause!!

DON'T FORGET: HSU SAAVC will be at both the football and volleyball games tonight selling cupcakes, brownies and rice krispy treats in order to raise money for breast cancer research! We will also have face painting and the infamous football player and cheerleader cutout available for you to take pictures with! Come say hi, grab a treat and donate to a good cause!! We really hope to see you there! Go Jacks!

We hope to see you all at these sporting events this weekend to celebrate breast cancer awareness and donate to breast cancer research at our tables at both games!!

HSU SAAC members will be at the football and volleyball games this weekend, make sure to come by our tables and support breast cancer month!

SAAC members dying T-shirts for this weekend'svolleyball and football breast cancer awareness games!! Come check us out at both events, we will have baked goods and prizes at our tables! We hope to see you all there!

We're almost to 200 'likes' everybody, lets see if we can get it to that point! Tell your friends and get them to check us out!!

Pictures from this weekend's HSU football game are up! We hope you had a chance to stop by our table to take a picture in our football and cheerleader cut out and had some laughs in doing so! We hope to see you at the next football game as well, but until then, take a look and tag yourselves! Go Jacks!

Humboldt vs. Central Washington Veteran's Night

Pictures of the successful pep rally before the Homecoming Football game!! Tag yourselves!! Thanks again to those in attendance and those that performed! Go Jacks!

The pictures from the football game are up, tag yourselves if you paid a visit to the SAAC table and if you missed out on the cupcakes, facepainting and pictures, make sure to come visit us next home game! Happy Homecoming and safe travels everyone!!

Find your pictures here!!

Thank you to all of those that came out to the pep rally tonight and big thank you especially to those that performed!! We are very excited about the game tomorrow, we hope to see you all there! Make sure you check out the SAAC table for a chance to win some cool prizes!

SAAC Bowling Party!

Attention HSU athletes, students, faculty, staff, and friends of HSU: Tonight at 8pm on the HSU soccer field there will a candlle light vigil to remember a former HSU soccer player, Bruno da Matta, who passed away this weekend from a car accident. Please join his former teammates and friends to pay respect and remember the good times with him. For those that do not know where the soccer field is, it is behind the south campus marketplace and the college creek apartments on... campus. We hope to see you all there.

The community is invited to attend ‘An Evening with Betty’ on Saturday, May 11. Come hear local advocate for the homeless Betty Chinn share stories of her life..., her work with our local homeless population, and her recent trip to China to receive an international award. This was Betty’s first trip back to China after having escaped over 45 years ago. This evening event is a kick-off fundraiser for Betty’s new Day Center, which will open in the fall. Come see the building plans and learn about the programs that will be offered, while enjoying a delicious Mexican food dinner generously provided by Rita’s. Beer, wine, and margaritas will also be available. Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Tickets for this event are $20 each, and are available at Picky, Picky, Picky or The Booklegger in Eureka, or at the door. Get your tickets early! This event WILL sell out! For more information, call Lisa at 822-7923.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYl3-oKn-PE Check it out!

Betty Chinn will be speaking in Science B room 133 tonight at 5pm. The title of her speech is "Turning Hatred into Hope"! We hope to see you all there!

Athlete's Ball pictures are up! Take a look and tag your friends! Thank you to all those that came and we hope to see you next year!!

Athlete's Ball tonight!! Humbrews Event Room, doors open at 9pm, tickets are $5 at the door! Dress to impress! We hope to see you al there!!

California Kingdom - Jungle Theme

Don't forget to bring a can of food to the basketball games tomorrow to support the Student Athlete Advisory Committee Humboldt State SAAC. Go Jacks!

Check out this article about SAAC and this year's clothing drive! http://hsujacks.com/news/2013/2/20/GEN_0220132835.aspx

SAAC collected, sorted and donated clothes to Betty Chin!

Correction....HSU SAAC now on Twitter AND Instagram! Follow HSUSAAC1 for important updates and photos of all the events we put on throughout the year!!

Upcoming SAAC events: Food Drive - Men's and Women's Basketball Games on Wednesday, February 27th! Bring a can of food to the game! Athlete's Ball - Humbrew's Event Room, Thursday, March 7th, 9pm to Midnight, look out for SAAC members selling tickets around campus (tickets will also be sold at the door)... Come check out these events and support HSU SAAC!

HSU SAAC is now on Twitter. Follow us!! @HSUSAAC1

Merry Christmas friends of SAAC!! We hope you are having a great holiday season so far!

Happy last day of finals!! For those of you that are traveling today, be safe! Have a wonderful holiday break and SAAC will see you in 2013 :)

Happy Tuesday and second day of finals! Make sure you pay a visit to the Associated Student Study Lounge today and tomorrow!

Also don't forget to donate those old clothes to any of the four bins around campus! They are located in the Library, KA Lobby, South Lounge and SRC!

Hello all!! Just a heads up that the Learning Center and Associated Students is co-sponsoring the Fall AS Study Lounge in the UC South Lounge. It will be open from 6 pm - 2 am tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday evening. We will have drop-in tutors available in the following subjects from 6 - 9 pm: Biology Chemistry... Math through 109 Zoology Additionally there will be FREE food, drink, coffee and study materials available.