Hello?!?… Habitat for Humanity!!!
So for you few people who read this blog and don’t know this… I’m the fundraising chair for Tau Beta Sigma over here at Virginia Tech. Pretty much, I raise funds for both the sorority and different philanthropies and charities. My job also randomly entails other fun projects (such as making sure we’re active for Gold Rush, gathering groups for Acafestapella, etc…) but my primary focus in the fall is merchandise and SPIRIT WEEK.
It would actually be Spirit Week this week… oh the joys in creating different days, making sure the entirety of the Marching Virginians knows about the week, keeping track of competitive scores, and gathering money. Yeah, so that last part actually sucks… a lot. I mean, I found a FANTASTIC charity to which we can give this money. From the title of this blog, I hope you assumed that it’s “Habitat for Humanity”. Here’s the low down…
We actually have the opportunity to SPONSOR AN ENTIRE HOUSE. By giving a minimum (but quite large) donation to H4H, we have the opportunity to build a house on OUR field, have the crew members be OUR bandmates, and meet the people who will potentially live in this house. I really don’t want to seem selfish in the sense that I’m dying for credibility here, but I REALLY want the experience of building a house for a deserving family with people I’m really close to. HOWEVER, since this particular idea is not set in stone, we can’t exactly announce that Spirit Week will work in conjuction with this “MV H4H Fund” notion. We can only hope that the MV’s are gratutitous enough to donate money out of their pockets only to slowly help pay for yet another H4H house. But, after seeing the total of $7 donated after today I’m not remaining hopeful.
Man, I really want to scream this from the mountain tops.
P.S., I looooove (some people in) my section’s spirit and kind nature. Really, they’re some great people. Ha. Haha. Wow. Lying is fun.
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