Christmas Day 2015 at Pitt
The year’s annual Christmas Day at Pitt was the largest in the 10 years the University has been hosting the event, with 250 volunteers from Pitt, Sodexo and the community serving over 2,400 meals and providing more than 600 gifts to children from families in need.
Human Resources’ John Kozar, assistant vice chancellor for benefits, and his wife, Veronica, continued their tradition of portraying Santa and Mrs. Claus. The band Savvy Jazz and Gospel, which includes Sodexo’s Bill Baskerville of the Schenley Cafe in the William Pitt Union, provided live music.
Earlier in the week, head football coach Pat Narduzzi and head men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon led their teams in helping to prepare for the event by sorting and wrapping gifts donated by members of the Pitt community. Also helping with the preparations were members of the women’s basketball team, the swimming and diving teams, and the gymnastics teams. A total of 134 Pitt athletes participated this year.
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