Mines Athletics partnered with Regis University and Colorado Christian for the first Denver-Area Team IMPACT Christmas Carnival event on Sunday, December 3.  The event, coordinated by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committees at Mines and Regis, was hosted at the Regis Fieldhouse for the 19 local Team Impact families.  

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Team IMPACT is a national nonprofit that connects children facing serious and chronic illnesses to local college athlete teams, forming life-long bonds and life-changing outcomes.  Team IMPACT does this by drafting these courageous kids with local college athletic teams. Team IMPACT children are drafted onto the team and become an official member of the team from Draft Day through to Graduation. The child joins the athletic team and the student athletes join the child's support team.  The child gains great strength, camaraderie and support and the student athletes are taught lessons about courage, resiliency and life perspective that they can't learn in a classroom.  Through a structured relationship management methodology, Team IMPACT establishes and cultivates these relationships to ensure a successful experience for the families and teams involved.

To ensure the highest quality relationship possible, tremendous effort is placed on both the match-up process and relationship management.  Mines Athletics teams including Women's Basketball, Football, Wrestling, Swimming, and Baseball are honored to have the opportunity to work with Team IMPACT children as official members of their teams.  

The Mines Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) members are committed to campus and community outreach, involvement, and engagement with the goal to make a lasting impact in Golden and local surrounding areas.  Mines SAAC is composed of 32 current student-athlete leaders, nominated by Mines coaching staffs, and selected due to their leadership skills, positive contributions to their teams, and their excitement for and commitment to their teams and Mines Athletics.  This group is passionate about and committed to outreach and engagement on behalf of Team IMPACT, Special Olympics Colorado, the Make-a-Wish Foundation