Welcome to Battle of the Valleys 2009! Started in 2003, Battle of the Valleys is a competition between Grand Valley State University and rival Saginaw Valley State University to see which institution can raise more money for a local charity throughout the course of one week. Each University may only collect funds during the week of the event, which is the week proceeding the GVSU vs. SVSU football game.

 

 

Battle of the Valleys raises money for local charities by capitalizing on the interest in the annual football game between the two rival schools. Grand Valley State University won the fundraising battle in its initial year, but the trophy had remained with Saginaw Valley for the past two years until it was reclaimed in 2006. 

  

This year the proceeds are being raised to support Kids Food Basket. Mission: We exist to ensure that children in our community don't go to bed hungry. Childhood hunger hurts. It denies dignity, lessens human energy, erodes community stability and impairs the potential of children to achieve. To break this cycle of hunger, Kids Food Basket of Grand Rapids is committed to providing healthy, tasty, efficient and cost effective sack suppers to children who are nutritionally at-risk. Kids Food Basket is a hunger relief agency in Grand Rapids, MI that provides food insecure children an evening meal each weekday at the end of the school day. The children we serve attend schools where 80% or above of students live at or below the poverty level. Currently supporting 14 schools in and around the Grand Rapids community!!

 

 

 

For additional information about BOTV, please feel free to contact the Student Senate office at 331-2333, by email at senates@gvsu.edu, or visit our website at www.gvsu.edu/studentsenate.