SAAC hosting Miracle Minute and Shoe and Boot Drive

HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech Student Athlete Advisory Committee is putting on a shoe and boot drive to collect donations for the Salvation Army in Hancock and a Miracle Minute to raise funds for a former women's basketball player.

SAAC will be collecting items at Thursday's basketball game and Friday's hockey game from the time doors open until the end of the first half for basketball and end of the first period for hockey. New or gently used shoes, boots, and other footwear are acceptable. Collection bins for this drive will also be placed in the Michigan Tech Administration building by the elevators and at the SDC Ticket Office from April 1-26.

SAAC is also sponsoring a Miracle Minute fundraiser for the family of former Michigan Tech women's basketball player Sarah Yellen. Sarah's four-year-old son Mason is going through radiation treatments at Rochester Mayo Clinic for a brain tumor. Donations will be accepted at Thursday's basketball and buckets will be passed in the crowd during the second media timeout of both games.

Tech hosts Northern Michigan in both basketball and hockey this weekend. The women's basketball game tips off at 5:30 p.m. Thursday followed by the men's game at 7:30 p.m. The puck drops on the hockey game Friday at 7:07 p.m. It will also be Senior Day for all three teams.