BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Director of Communications Ed Haas tops the 2020-21 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Volunteer 15 Initiative List for volunteer/community service hours.
Volunteer 15 is an initiative launched in 2014-15 to get CoSIDA members more involved in their communities. CoSIDA members promote the great civic works done by their athletics teams but there is no promotion, or very little, about CoSIDA members doing community service either with these teams or independently. CoSIDA members are encouraged to volunteer at least 15 hours of community service each academic year.
Haas tops the list for the fourth time – and the third time in as many years – with 1,700 hours. Previously, he led the 2016-17 list with 1,210 hours, the 2018-19 list with 1,696 hours and the 2019-20 list with 1,740.
Outside the office, he has served as a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-America Committee and the West Sadsbury Township (Pa.) Planning Commission for over a decade. In March 2015, Haas was appointed to the three-member West Sadsbury Township Board of Supervisors, the Keystone Valley Fire District (KVFD) Board and was elected Vice-Chairman of both the Board of Supervisors and Fire District Board in April of 2015. He was reelected to another six-year term on the West Sadsbury Township Board of Supervisors in the Fall of 2017 and was elected Chairman of both the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors in January 2020. In addition, he continues to serve as Vice Chairman of the KVFD Board and volunteers his time to various charitable efforts in the community.
A record 11 participants from the 116 members who recorded a combined 11,338 hours posted 200 hours or more. Haas joins Fred Neusch of Texas A&M-Kingsville (1,010) as the only members to break the 1,000 hour plateau
Overall, the number of participants and volunteer hours for the Volunteer 15 program increased for the seventh consecutive year.
