KU's Teams and Groups class made $539.46 at their charity event for the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. The event, which was held at Jo Shmo's, did raise money, however, was not as successful as they hoped.
The event was held at Jo Shmo's
"We were hoping the event would raise more money than last year, but that didn't happen. The event raised only about half the amount we wanted to make," said Jason Grebe, the class professor.
The class attributed the low amount of money raised to the location of the event.
"We didn't realize the event would be held only upstairs of Jo Shmo's. The event seemed more like a private party," said Jeremy McKee, a student involved with the event.
Jo Shmo's was decorated with streamers, balloons, and paper Jayhawks colored by kids in the Boys and Girls Club. The event offered music, bocce ball, dollar drinks, and a raffle to promote donations. A few prizes were raffled off every half-hour throughout the event. The biggest prizes were a basketball and football signed by the KU basketball team and the KU football team.
"I'm so excited I won the basketball! I'm going to give it to my mom for her birthday," said Collin Brahm, the raffle winner of the KU signed basketball.
Bartender tips, cover charge, and raffle money was donated to the Boys and Girls Club. Although drink money was not donated to the club, a donation booth was set up to account for the loss of contribution from drinks.
The fundraiser was initiated to make up for recent budget cuts at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. The budget cut affected art supplies, field trips, and other recreational items. However, with the money raised from the event, some of these items can be returned to the kids in the club.
"The donation from the event will allow us to purchase more art supplies for the kids. We really appreciate what the class has done. It's nice to see these college students take time out of their schedules to help the Boys and Girls Club," said Erika Zimmerman, Development Coordinator at The Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence.
The football and basketball were signed by the KU teams.
The event was held at Jo Shmo's on April 30, at 9:00 PM. Cover charge was lowered to six dollars from the initially decided ten dollars. The class couldn't get the kegs for the party because of miscommunication on the part of an employee arranging the event with the class. In addition, the employee was fired for not communicating about the event with the owner of Jo Shmo's.
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