Sigma Nu volleyball tournament raises $2,500 for Haiti

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Participants in the Sigma Nu and Appstate Volleyball Team's "1st Annual Volleyball Tournament for Haiti" pack the Varsity Gym on Sunday afternoon. Paul Heckert | The Appalachian

A joint volleyball tournament between Sigma Nu and Appalachian State's volleyball team raised $2,500 dollars, as of press time, for the Nehemiah Vision Ministries' relief efforts for Haiti Sunday.

Event coordinator and Sigma Nu brother Read Caulkins had the idea for the event because he went on a mission trip with the organization for five weeks the summer after his freshman year.

"I fell in love with it," Caulkins said. "They do really good work there and the people are doing really great things like building hospitals and orphanages for them."

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