**Appalachian State University volleyball student-athletes Emma Longley and Courtney Sullivan arranged for the program to raise money to buy toys for sick children at Levin Children's Hospital in Charlotte. Below is a first hand account from freshman Emma Longley**
Appalachian State Volleyball has consistently been a program that gives. All season long we were shown how fortunate and privileged we were and with that, we came up with the idea of a toy drive. As the number of games left in our season grew smaller, we found ways to make the most of them behind the scenes and spread holiday cheer.