A Slam-Dunk for HIV infected kids

	Cody Buckalew Participants in the Hoops for Hearts three-on-three basketball tournament play in the championship game Saturday at Williams Arena. The tournament raised money for Camp Heartland, a summer camp for children with HIV and AIDS.

University of Minnesota Sig Eps Raises $2000 for Aids camp.

Hoops for Hearts is Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity’s annual basketball tournament to raise money for Camp Heartland. Located in Willow River, the camp provides a place where children with HIV/AIDS in their lives can connect.
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Nationally, the main cause Sigma Phi Epsilon works for is youth AIDS. As part of that effort, the University chapter donates all money raised through the year to Camp Heartland.
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Construction management and architecture senior Nick Scanlon acted as Sigma Phi Epsilon’s coordinator for the event. He said this is the fraternity’s sixth year organizing the tournament.

This year, Scanlon said, he wanted to make the event as big as possible. By holding the event at Williams Arena, he hoped to draw more people and more attention to the community service that a lot of fraternities and sororities do.

“The general public doesn’t always know about the good we do,” Scanlon said. “They mostly hear about the bad — like drinking and hazing.”

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Tourney raises money for children affected by HIV - Minnesota Daily

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