Friday, March 13, 2009
Members of the graduate student group Masters in Social Welfare will be serving customers Monday night at Jo Shmo’s to raise money for Women’s Transitional Care Services, Inc.
The tips earned from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. will go to WTCS, which is a local shelter for battered women and their children.
What: Master Social Welfare Mutual Aid Society Fundraiser Where: Jo Shmo’s, 724 Massachusetts St. When: Monday, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tips will go to Women’s Transitional Care Services, Inc.
Kavya Velagapudi, Denver graduate student, said MSW members voted to raise money for WTCS because it was a familiar program within the community.
Rena Reynolds, Lawrence graduate student and social chairperson for MSW, said she hoped for a good turn out.
“I think we’ll have a lot of community support,” Reynolds said.
This is the first event of its kind at Jo Shmo’s, 724 Massachusetts St., owner Josh Mochel said.
“We’ll make sure everything goes well,” Mochel said. “We’re looking forward to having people out and supporting the cause and I think it should be a good time.”
After becoming an official student group last year, MSW held multiple social events, however this is its first fundraiser for a nonprofit organization. Previous events hosted by the group have included a MSW launch party, an election watch party and a Christmas party.
“I think the MSW student group is an opportunity for students to get involved in all aspects of the school,” Kim said. “It’s important to have a student voice and this is an opportunity for students to get their ideas heard.”
The nine members who will be serving food had one training session at Jo Shmo’s on Tuesday.
“We think that’ll be part of the funny part, we have no idea what to do,” Reynolds said. “We’re hoping people understand it’s for charity and we hope that’s going to make it more fun.”
Johnny Kim, assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare and MSW faculty advisor, said he planned to go to the event.
“The events I’ll attend will be to show my support in terms of fundraising,” Kim said. “I wanted to support them in whatever way possible.”
So far this year, members of MSW have used their own money to support the events. But the group started selling School of Social Welfare T-shirts last week to assist with group events, Velagapudi said.
“We’re hoping we don’t have to rely on someone else to fund us,” Velagapudi said. “Right now, students are just pitching in personal money for fliers and posters so this is an opportunity to raise funds so individual students don’t have to pay.”
— —Edited by Sam Speer
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