Relay for Life hopes for more Jesuit support
Matt Lindeboom
Issue date: 2/13/07 Section: News
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In its third year, Loyola's student run Relay For Life is larger and already facing some bigger challenges. With the event on March 31 this year and only 45 days left, $15,000 has been raised toward this year's $200,000 goal.
Last year over $130,000 was raised.
"I think we will achieve it," said Meghan Orazio, '08 who sits on the Relay for Life Committee. "It's all about hope."
Despite the large dollar gap, Orazio said that last year's Relay began with $50,000, and by the end of the 12-hour event $94,000 more had been raised, with most of the money coming in one night.
Not all of the money raised will to go towards helping cancer research, however. Some of it must go to pay expenses associated with the event, including paying for the use of Reitz Arena.
In addition to this year's raised monetary goal, the Committee also hopes to see more involvement from Loyola professors and Jesuits. In years past the event has received strong support from students and Loyola College staff, particularly through participation. And while College faculty have offered their praise, the first year of the event found only two participating professors. In the last two years that number has grown, though not signifigantly.
"As a Jesuit university, one of the big goals is to have the Jesuits there, and to have them walk with us," said Orazio.
In what seems like a student run event looking for more support from the professors and administrators who watch them, the Relay Committee is holding faculty info sessions to give background on the event and what it's been doing for the past two years and, ideally, to inspire greater participation.
More fundraiser events are also in the works, including Panera Night on March 26, where 10 percent of all Panera's earnings from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. will go to Relay for Life, and the Purple Toilet fundraiser. Students who paid five to 10 dollars could have volunteers replace a roommate's desk chair with a purple toilet. The toilets were collected in the morning.
Last year over $130,000 was raised.
"I think we will achieve it," said Meghan Orazio, '08 who sits on the Relay for Life Committee. "It's all about hope."
Despite the large dollar gap, Orazio said that last year's Relay began with $50,000, and by the end of the 12-hour event $94,000 more had been raised, with most of the money coming in one night.
Not all of the money raised will to go towards helping cancer research, however. Some of it must go to pay expenses associated with the event, including paying for the use of Reitz Arena.
In addition to this year's raised monetary goal, the Committee also hopes to see more involvement from Loyola professors and Jesuits. In years past the event has received strong support from students and Loyola College staff, particularly through participation. And while College faculty have offered their praise, the first year of the event found only two participating professors. In the last two years that number has grown, though not signifigantly.
"As a Jesuit university, one of the big goals is to have the Jesuits there, and to have them walk with us," said Orazio.
In what seems like a student run event looking for more support from the professors and administrators who watch them, the Relay Committee is holding faculty info sessions to give background on the event and what it's been doing for the past two years and, ideally, to inspire greater participation.
More fundraiser events are also in the works, including Panera Night on March 26, where 10 percent of all Panera's earnings from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. will go to Relay for Life, and the Purple Toilet fundraiser. Students who paid five to 10 dollars could have volunteers replace a roommate's desk chair with a purple toilet. The toilets were collected in the morning.
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