Monday, February 7, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Bowl-a-thon participants donate skills for charity
By Jessie Meyer
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
About 130 students dressed in blue Sigma Delta Tau sorority T-shirts filled the Jaybowl yesterday for "Strike Out Child Abuse," a charity bowling event.
The Prevent Child Abuse America foundation will receive all profits from the sorority's sixth annual, six-hour bowlathon, said Jenny Present, Sigma Delta Tau philanthropy co-chairwoman.
Eve Katz, Sigma Delta Tau president, said the event was something the sorority prided itself on nationwide.
"It's a lot of fun, and it's good community service," Katz said. "We won the national philanthropy award last year and want to follow up this year."
Present said each of the 29 teams paid $75 to bowl in two-hour time slots throughout the day. That fee, minus the cost of event T-shirts, and donations from parents and money collected from $2 raffle tickets, will be donated to the foundation.
"The community has helped out so much," Katz said. "They have donated so much to the charity. It's amazing."
Last year, the event raised about $2,200. Present said, and this year the sorority members are looking to surpass that figure.
The sorority already collected $2,175 from team fees, and once the raffle tickets and donations have been tallied, the total is expected to be exceed last year's.
Mindy Berns, Buffalo Grove, Ill. junior and Sigma Delta Tau member, was one of the coordinators from last year's event. She said yesterday's event was a success.
"We made a lot of improvements from last year," Berns said. "They have stuck and made this year even better."
The 29 teams were mostly fraternity and sorority groups, but several other teams participated.
Jake Ballard, president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, bowled last year and
Above: Jake Ballard, Overland Park junior, rolls a ball during yesterday's "Strike Out Child Abuse" bowl-a-thon at Jaybowl. The Sigma Delta Tau sorority sponsored the event.
Right: Kelly Robin, Excelsior, Minn., sophomore, hurts a bowling ball down a lane yesterday at Jaybowl. She said she wanted to knock down as many pins as possible and improve her score.
Photos by Brad Dreier / KANSAN
again this year on one of three Phi Delta Theta teams.
"I love to bowl," said Ballard, Overland Park junior. "It's a good charity."
"Strike Out Child Abuse" organizers aren't concerned if potential changes to the Jaybowl might effect the bowl-a-thon.
"We're not worried," Katz said. "We will just probably move to another bowling alley or think of something else. But I'm sure they won't close it."
KU Info hooks up students with baby-sitting jobs
Local parents have been calling the University Information Center for at least 10 years — but not to find out how many trees there are on campus, or when Add/Drop is. They're calling to find a student with some spare time to watch their kids.
KU Info offers a service in which parents can get names of willing student baby sitters.
tions before she started working there 10 years ago, but many people didn't know the service was available.
Potential baby sitters call KU Info and give their names, telephone numbers and times they are available. When parents need a baby sitter, they call KU Info. KU Info calls the parents back with a list of sitters who are available at their desired time. The parents are responsible for calling the baby sitter and negotiating payment, times and logistics.
JoLynn Lipari, Leawood sophomore, said security was a concern, so she made it a point to meet parents
before accepting a job
"I would meet them in person before I agreed to anything," she said.
Elkins said she thought students were responsible enough to watch: out for their own safety.
Soup's on for local art lovers
By Sara Shepherd
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
"Students are pretty grown up," Elkins said. "They can kind of sense if it's an uncomfortable situation."
Elkins said there were more than 100 student baby sitters on the list last semester, compared to about 20 so this semester. But Elkins expected
Because students' class schedules change every semester, so does the list of available baby sitters.
Williams said a percentage of the profits, which would be determined after all the money was in, would go to a local soup kitchen.
Local artists donated the bowls and Hy-Vee. 3504 Clinton Parkway, contributed the soup, Williams said.
Susan Elkins, KU Info director, said it had offered baby-sitting connect
"By the end of the semester, we'll have a great many more," she said.
Ellen Williams, arts center activities director and organizer of the event, said it was a fundraiser for the arts center ceramics department. A majority of the proceeds will be used for supplies and class costs.
Although the event did not start until 11 a.m., Williams said there were 150 to 200 people waiting outside the arts center as early as 10:30 a.m.
"It's usually around 10 percent." she said.
Elkins said about 20 parents had used the service since the beginning of the semester.
Hungry art lovers got both of their needs satisfied Saturday.
It was the third annual Souper Bowl Saturday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St., where art patrons could purchase a handmade ceramic bowl, filled with soup, for $8. Or, if they didn't want to dirty their new bowls, they could get their soup in a paper one.
By John Audlehme
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
One hour before closing, at 1 p.m., only 20 bowls were left. All 300 bowls were sold.
"Everybody gets really excited about this event," she said.
"We have a lot of desperate parents out there." she said.
Amy Carlson, arts center ceramics instructor, said volunteers were integral to the process.
"It's a lot of fun." she said.
"We've sold out every year."
She said about 10 people were working at the event, and about 15 had been working since Christmas to finish the bowls.
"We have a lot of volunteers who help glaze them and decorate them," she said. But Carlson said the artists, who could sell the bowls elsewhere for $18, were impressive volunteers.
"It's a real donation for them," she said. "They would never sell one of these for eight bucks."
Although the service is not advertised, Elkins said that parents still heard about it.
Williams said the bowls were produced by artists who came from varying parts of the community.
Carlson said some of the donated bowls also came from arts center students.
"Our students are the main focus for getting contributions," she said.
Carlson said she liked the event because it was low key and made art accessible to everyday people, who may not have the money to go to art galleries.
Lawrence residents Kevin Doyle and Jana White said Saturday was their first Souper Bowl, although they wanted to attend last year.
They said that they were not big art buyers but that they were impressed with the bowls — and food — they selected.
"The soup was wonderful," White said.
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