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| A team take aim in the rubber band archery game. PHOTO: Miranda Sanchez |
OU’s United Way Committee has seen a rise in donations by giving
students the opportunity to participate in fundraisers.
On Sept. 29, Student Media hosted a three on three basketball
tournament that raised $650 for the committee, Brian Ringer, co-chair of the
committee and director of Student Media said.
This was a substantial increase from the $240 the event raised in 2011.
”Last year [the tournament] was all faculty and staff but
this year it was all students except [faculty from] Housing and Food,” Ringer said.
When the committee fundraises money, they pass it onto Norman’s
United Way committee who then distributes the money to deserving community organizations,
Kristen Partridge, director of Student Life and member of the OU and Norman
United Way committees said.
Though students are becoming a bigger part of the donations,
the committee focuses mainly on faculty and staff participation.
“Faculty and staff have the opportunity to give to United
Way through their monthly paycheck,” Partridge said.
According to the OU United Way website, the committee has
raised 25 percent of it’s $215,000 goal. A third fundraiser was held last
Friday, since the percentage was last calculated.
The committee put on an event called the Office Olympics on
Oct. 5, which earned $400 in donations, Partridge said.
Eleven groups, each required to pay a $35 entrance fee, made
their way through five games like the javelin – or pool noodle - throw to try
and get the highest score for each game.
Although the event was geared more towards faculty and
staff, some students participated within the teams.
“There are already some students mixed in [the teams].” Ringer
said. “That’s because students work in our offices, and they feel like they are
apart of the office, which is great. That’s the whole point.”
The next event for the OU United Way Committee is the dessert auction presented by Housing
and Food on Oct. 25.
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