DC Softball in the community

DEFIANCE, Ohio -- The Defiance College Softball team continued to live up to the school’s motto of “Be The Difference” after volunteering to help collect food donations for the town’s local food pantry.

The team split up into groups and went door-to-door throughout Defiance in order to obtain donations of food for the PATH Center of Defiance. The girls went out requesting contributions this past Friday afternoon, Saturday morning, and Sunday evening. By Monday morning, the girls had collected 1,160 items food stuffs for the pantry.

The PATH Center stands for Partnership Assistance to the Homeless and feeds approximately 50 people on a daily basis. Last year, the food pantry served nearly 18,000 meals last year.

Defiance College is an independent, liberal arts institution offering nearly 40 undergraduate majors as well as graduate programs in education and business. Defiance College has received national recognition for its educational experience of engagement from the Templeton Foundation Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges and the Princeton Review’s Colleges With a Conscience and is recognized by U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges 2006 as one of the top comprehensive colleges in the Midwest. Defiance College is also a Bonner Leader School, one of a select group of colleges and universities in the nation to sponsor a prestigious program in which students take leadership roles in community service projects.