More than 60 team captains, cardiac researchers and Upstate leaders gathered on February 6 to kick-off Team Upstate's recruitment efforts for the 2009 Syracuse Heart Walk.

Upstate students and employees collected hundreds of blankets, sheets, towels, warm clothing, canned food and toys for the needy in our community this Fall.

Almost 100 3rd graders from Dr. Martin Luther King Magnet School received new dictionaries from Upstate first-year medical students in October.

The 2008 Community Giving Campaign kicked off in Sept at the United Way Cookoff. Many depts had their own celebrations to launch the annual campaign.

Upstate employees volunteer at the 9th annual Pat’s Pavement Pounder, which raised over $10,000 for pediatric cancer research in September.

150 Upstate employees raised over $3,500 for the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer in October 2008.

Over 100 walkers joined Team Upstate to raised funds for juvenile diabetes as part of the Walk to Cure Diabetes in September 2008.

Team Upstate raised almost $10,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society during an evening walk around Clinton Square in September 2008.

On August 9, 2008, more than 9,000 children received backpacks at Mary Nelson's seventh annual Back To School Barbecue.

Upstate employees volunteer at the 21st annual Children's Miracle Open, which raised over $73,000 for sick and injured children at the Golisano Children's Hospital at University Hospital.