Monday, September 14, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Students ignore weather, show caring in the rain
Fund-raising kicks off with helpful activities
By Sarah Hale
Kanson staff writer
Rainy days can be often spent lounging around the house or reading a good book.
But yesterday's gloomy day did not stop more than 780 volunteers from participating in the Day of Caring.
The event was sponsored by United Way of Douglas County to kick off the year's fund-raising campaign.
Students from various University of Kansas organizations participated in more than 70 projects around Lawrence and made up the majority of the day's volunteers, said Hank Booth, general manager of 105.9 FM and KLWM who helped organize the events. Other volunteers were Lawrence residents.
The event began in the Lawrence High School auditorium with an award presentation for the past year's totals.
Booth said that the United Way had collected $204,657 from company fund-raising plus an additional $100,000 from donations.
Of this amount, Booth announced what the total Rock Chalk Revue donation was.
The revue raised $42,500 for United Way in 1998. This was a 60 percent increase from 1997's total of $26,500.
Rock Chalk Revue is a University living organization, community-service and fund-raising campaign for the United Way that culminates in a variety show in March.
After yesterday's presentation, volunteers headed out across town to participate in activities such as picking up trash in parks or stuffing envelopes at the United Wav's main office.
Booth said that some projects,
such as painting, dry walling or other construction activities could be postponed until later this week. The rest of the outdoor activities continued as planned.
Lori Bookbinder, Tulsa, Okla. junior and community service chairwoman for Sigma Delta Tau, organized a group of students to participate. More than 15 women from her sorority worked on a mailing list at the main office.
"I'm happy we're inside, but we would have come and worked even if our assignment was outside." Bookbinder said.
Like other greek chapters,
Sigma Delta Tau volunteers as
part of Rock Chalk community service.
"I think it's good because it brings together the entire greek community with the Lawrence community to work for a good cause." Bookbinder said.
Other organizations that participated included scholarship halls and Student Senate.
Lexi Janssen, Lee's Summit,
Mo., sophomore, spent the afternoon outside cleaning up soccer and football fields at Wakarusa and Clinton Parkway.
"I'd rather not be in the rain," Janssen said. "But it didn't bother me."
Beth Sheely, Lawrence resident, plays with a kitten from the Humane Society during the Day of Caring. Some volunteers met yesterday at Petcare, 3115 Iowa, to allow people that wouldn't ordinarily go to the Humane Society a chance to adopt a pet. Photo by Corie Waters/KANSAN
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Nominations are now being accepted for the
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