The Fourth Annual Charity Sports Auction, presented by Syracuse University's Sport Management
(SPM) Club in April 2009, raised $20,000 for the Golisano Children's Hospital at Upstate. The SPM
Club's donation will fund a respiratory therapy equipment/work room for storing equipment
designed for pediatric patients, as well as a small office space for a dedicated pediatric respiratory
therapist.
"The current economy made this year's event our most challenging to date. Yet our students
persevered in their efforts, learning a great deal along the way. We truly couldn't be prouder of each
and every one of them and the amazing event that they produced," says Kate Futrell, manager-
career center and event planning for SU's Department of Sport Management and the 2009 auction
chair.
The SU Sport Management Club is a student-run organization of the College of Human Ecology's
Department of Sport Management. Since its founding in 2005, the club has grown to nearly 100
members and has raised more than $75,000 for local charities like the Syracuse Boys & Girls Clubs of
Central New York and the American Diabetes Association of Central New York.
About the College of Human Ecology at Syracuse University
The College of Human Ecology is dedicated to excellence in professional academic education and
integrates publicly engaged scholarship as a philosophy and method in all of its degree programs.
The college brings together a rich history of academic programs whose signatures of social
responsibility and justice join new and evolving majors reflective of educating global citizens whose
leadership can-and does-change the places and people where they live and work.
Previously known as the College of Human Services and Health Professions until it was renamed in
2007, the College of Human Ecology hosts seven departments with strong roots in SU history: Child
and Family Studies; Health and Wellness; Hospitality Management; Marriage and Family Therapy;
Nutrition Science and Dietetics; Sport Management; and the School of Social Work.
