UW at 57 Per Cent of Goal

Student-organized tuition lottery raises $4,500 in support of United Way

Students in every campus residence contributed bits of clothing for the annual pre-Halloween spectacle known as Dressed for Dollars, in which members of the Residence Life management team allow themselves to be dressed by students in return for donations to a local charity. Some of this year's funky fashions are modelled by staffers from Mills and Maritime halls and East Residence. Front row, from left: Jennifer Bock, Dallas New, Kim Colangelo and Emily Ambos. Back row: Aaron Verdoch, Colin Rankin, Jim Maye and Andrew Greenwood. Money raised through Dressed for Dollars will go to support the United Way and Change Now, a youth drop-in centre in downtown Guelph.

One month into the 2004 United Way campaign, donations from the campus community have reached 57 per cent of the $325,000 goal. Watch the total grow daily on the United Way website at www.uoguelph.ca/unitedway.

A significant boost to the campaign came from the student-organized United Way tuition lottery, which sold 900 tickets and raised $4,500. The lucky winner was Kristin Pristupa, a third-year sociology and political science student from Richmond Hill. Her tuition for one semester will be paid by contributions from the student government groups in the colleges of Arts, Biological Science, Physical and Engineering Science and Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS).

As a member of the CSAHS Student Alliance, Pristupa actually helped sell some of the tickets and says: “I wore my lottery team T-shirt to bed on the eve of the draw. How lucky was that?”

Winners of the other 50 prizes in the student-run lottery are listed on the United Way campaign website, which can also be accessed directly from the U of G home page.

The campaign's fourth incentive draw will be held Oct. 28, with additional draws every Thursday until Nov. 11. More than 60 prizes have already been won, but you still have a chance to claim gifts such as ice cream, a pet portrait, honey and a homemade berry mousse cake. To be eligible, return your pledge form to your departmental canvasser or Revenue Control.

The grand prize in the incentive draw is a theatre weekend package for two donated by Goliger's Travel Plus in Guelph. All pledge-form contributors will be eligible to win tickets for two to a Stage West production in Mississauga, overnight accommodation, dinner and breakfast. The draw will be held Dec. 2.

As usual, departments across campus are coming up with their own unique ways to raise money for the campus campaign.

The OAC dean's office will repeat last year's successful Toonie Tower Tour Oct. 29 (rain date Nov. 2). To climb the clock tower, sign up in the Johnston Hall foyer between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Cost is $2.

The Department of Geography will hold a used book sale Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the UC courtyard. Geography staff invite you to donate non-academic books you've read, then pick up some new ones.

Revenue Control on Level 4 of the University Centre is hosting a bake sale and raffle Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hospitality Services is organizing a weight-loss fundraiser. Get a team of 10 people and motivate each other to lose weight in support of the United Way. Register with Kristen Drexler at Ext. 52353 or kdrexler@hrs.uoguelph.ca by Nov. 5.