119 Chops Charity Event
On Wednesday, March 23rd the Applied Small Business Management class at Georgia Southern held a charity event, at 119 Chops in downtown Statesboro, to help fund the Hearts and Hands Clinic. 119 Chops agreed to give 10% of the earnings from that night to the charity. So the class members gathered as many people as they could and spread the word about the event all over town, because the more people they got to show up and spend money the bigger the check to the Hearts and Hands clinic. The event was a major success! There was a great turnout and Chops wrote a check for $450 and they also raised $238 at the door from donations. There was also a very generous man by the name of Jason Akins that wrote a check for $1000 to the charity. The class made over $1600 from this one event!
The class isn’t going to stop there, though. They have a goal of $5000 that they would like to raise for the Hearts and Hands charity. Next, the class has a few fun ways to raise money, from rock climbing to concerts! They are putting on a Concert/Free-for-all Performance Night. This will consist of a line-up of performers from the Georgia Southern student body and also an artist out of Atlanta. The class will be selling tickets to Georgia Southern students and people from the community. All the money earned from tickets sales will be given to the charity. It will be a night of fun, giving and great entertainment!
The Applied Small Business Management class is also hosting the event, Bouldering Night Out, which is an evening of rock climbing that will take place in the RAC. You have to register in advance and pay a onetime registration fee. That money will go directly to Hearts and Hands Clinic.
They have also placed donation boxes, at the Chic-fil-a on campus, for customers to give extra change to the charity. A member from the class will collect the money from the donation boxes weekly and it will be put towards their goal of $5000.
The Applied Small Business Management of Georgia Southern is excited and appreciative about the money already raised and is really looking forward to the upcoming events. They can’t wait to see the turnout from the community and all those wanting to help a very worthy cause!
Written by: Sarah Hager
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