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Re: [APO-L] Two questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Clark)
Mon Apr 24 15:53:59 2000
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:45:09 -0400
Reply-To: David Clark <dclark@ROANOKE.EDU>
From: David Clark <dclark@ROANOKE.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
> > Second, I am considering doing a UMOC fundraiser in the fall. As far as i
> > know, it hasn't been done here before... at least not in a long while. I
> > was wondering if anyone had any stories of success and/or failure, along
> > with a few tips on running things. Thanks in advance for all your help!
>
> Ok, Well I don't know anything about the previous replies stating that
> political correctness was an issue but here at our chapter, which is on a very
> conservative campus, we set it up a little differently this year than we have
> in the past. We, in the past, have asked professors to volunteer to put their
> face up for UMOC but this year we asked student organizations to sponsor
> someone, whether it be a faculty advisor, student, or even a chinchilla (don't
> ask :-)) Then what we offered to do is to split the money donated with the
> winning organization. The catch was that each organization had to pick an
> organization/charity to donate their share to. It allowed all the
> organizations on campus to engage in some friendly competition and to help out
> a needy organizaiton/charity. We were really successful this year and it was
> a lot of fun. The winning jar had well over $50 in it. and we had 8 or 9
> organizaitons on campus participate. It was a lot of fun and it helped a lot
> of needy people. It also helped us fund some great service projects and other
> various things with our chapter this year. Anyway, I hope this helps you out
> some.
In L,F,& S,
Dave
