Holy Cross College Students Raise Thousands for Toys for Tots
This year the funds raised in the College’s annual Toys for Tots auction were doubled by the Student Government Association.
Each year the Holy Cross College Student Government Association (SGA) holds a Toys for Tots auction.
“It’s an established and productive program that has had a lot of success providing great Christmases for kids, and we celebrate a great tradition here at Holy Cross College supporting this organization,” says SGA President Jared Sawyer.
This year some if the items up for bid were dinner with the College President, a Brady Quinn autographed jersey or even a date to the College’s winter dance with one of the marines from Co. B, the South Bend Reserve Unit. The event is always a fun one, but this year that fun was also quite profitable. Between the live and silent auctions, the SGA raised $3,107. When the auction was over, the SGA president and vice president, Jared Sawyer and Tyler Martin, were so overwhelmed by the generosity of the attendees, they matched the proceeds with SGA funds, making a grand total of $6,214 raised.
“Student Government holds many fundraisers to support campus activities,” Sawyer says, “and we decided to take some of that money to match the donations at the auction.”
So already feeling the Christmas spirit, the SGA donated dollars they earned, instead of spending it on themselves.
“It’s great that we can help the community and give kids a better Christmas,” says Sawyer.
Published 11/17/2006 by Sara Kassen