Corban University - November 30, 2010
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Student fights poverty with T-shirts
Sweet treat By Sarah Curcio Staff Writer By Rachel Jeffers Staff Writer “We are inspired by freedom, encouraged by hope, and compelled by love.” On Dec. 10, MyFight, a nonprofit social business, will be making a stop in Salem because of one Corban student. Cate Stumberg, a senior communications major, got involved with MyFight after a visit with her brother in Billings, Mont., where the business is currently located. After talking with Jesse Murphy, founder of MyFight, she realized these were people she could work with. “I just love the whole idea of ending poverty, not just giving another handout,” Stumberg said. “Women (most of the time it’s women) have to come to them with a business idea and then they get a loan. “MyFight doesn’t just arbitrarily hand out money or food or anything. They give it to people who already know exactly what they are going to do with it. A simple thing like a tortilla maker can cut a workday in half and bring in twice her current income. It’s changes like that that end poverty.” Education and money for equipment help these business ideas succeed, making changes for their lifestyle and future. On MyFight’s website, their “What we are” section reads, “We are a movement, a gathering force, aimed at ending poverty. We are leveraging the
compassion of a generation to one-time handout. highlight of the whole tour.” create wealth in developing naIn the video on their webThe night here in Salem will tions by teaching financial liter- site, Murphy says, “I have no be at Broadway Coffeehouse. It acy, empowering entrepreneurs, interest in just feeding another will include local music, art, increating jobs, and renewing the hungry person. I want to end formation about MyFight, and value of family.” hunger.” Instead of providing a uniquely designed T-shirts. Murphy was overwhelmed at temporary full stomach or pair “From this Coffee Shop Tour, a young age by the reality of of clothes, people in need can we’d like to connect with a modern-day slavery. Instead of have a changed lifestyle. whole new swatch of insanely ignoring the problem, he began To build momentum and raise passionate people,” said Murpreparing himself for the fight awareness, MyFight is current- phy. “We don’t do this out of with an education and further ly on their “MyFight Coffee guilt or shame or sorrow, and exposure to injustices around the Shop Tour 2010.” Each evening we don’t want to either. We just world. includes their want to be about doing someNow MyFight Coffeehouse Tour story, music, thing that matters with others Murshirts, and, of who get excited about it, too.” Where: Broadway phy and course, coffee. Local musician David SteCoffeehouse his busiA volunteer fanik said, “Despite my limited When: Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m. n e s s who contacts knowledge of the non-profit, I Price: Free – partner, MyFight and inadvertently knew that I wantbut donations accepted Abram decides to set ed and needed to be involved in Why: Come for a warm cup up the event such a cause. Social justice and H a g of coffee, local music and strom, puts on each pertinent issues such as povpoetry, and a cause that ben- event. manage erty, inequality, disparity – all a social efits those in poverty around The tour was these things, I wholeheartedly the world. Buy a shirt and b u s i the event that believe, are incredibly near to help change a life. ness that attracted Stum- God’s heart.” microberg the most. Stefanik’s heart to make a finances loans for those in ex- “It was so easy to get involved, change coincides with all those treme poverty. and I was able to use what I of the volunteer team Their website states this sim- had learned in my college for the evening. ple concept: “You buy T-shirts. major for something Salem’s dreamers We make loans, and together practical: planning are joining forces we empower families to escape a fundraising event with MyFight the prison of poverty.” here in Salem,” she for one incredMyFight sells T-shirts, de- said. ible evening. signed by the public, to make “Cate is one of For more details, money to microfinance loans the finest,” Murphy visit myfight. to help families who would not said. “She’s worked org. otherwise be approved. Instead so diligently for of giving another handout, My- a couple months Fight provides education and now to pull opportunities for the poor to this off, and I have a way out of poverty. Mur- think the Saphy strongly believes in chang- lem event may ing a lifestyle, not just giving a likely be the Cate Stumberg. Photo courtesy of Stumberg.
Holiday time to kill? Check out these local events! Don’t have anything to do between finals, projects and papers? Check out these ideas for fun-filled events and concerts or make a day of it with your friends and loved ones during this holiday season.
What: Portland Zoo Zoolights Where: Portland Zoo When: Throughout the month of December Details: Different local groups will be performing with brightly lit animal displays throughout the park. Tickets are anywhere from $3.50 to $11. What: 11th Annual Magic at the Mill
Where: Mission Mill When: Dec. 19 and 20 Details: “Thousands of twinkling lights and entertainment for all”. Tickets are $5 and $3. What: Annual Holiday Sale Where: Willamette University When: Dec. 4, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Details: Students have worked hard all year and it’s time to sell, sell, sell.
ater, 170 High St. NE, Salem When: Dec. 16 & 17, 7 p.m. Price: Free
What: “Ring the Bells – A Community Christmas Concert” Who: Sponsored by Grace Baptist Church and Salem First Baptist Church Where: Historic Elsinore The-
What: Willamette Master Chorus Holiday Concert Who: The Willamette Master Chorus and North Salem High School’s Nordic Choir Where: Willamette University, 900 State St., Salem
What: Christmas in Hudson Hall Who: Willamette University’s choirs Where: Willamette University, 900 State St., Salem When: Dec. 9 & 10, 8 p.m. Price: $8
When: Saturday, December 18, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Price: $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $5 for students, 12 and younger free
If you’re looking for variety, the Oregon State Capitol Rotunda hosts choir performances from Dec. 1 to Dec. 23. These performances are free to the public. Corban’s musicians perform there from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 6. Holiday events can never fit in a small section! You can also check out your local churches for holiday services, dinners and other events.
Ever have a craving for something cold and sweet, with as few as 200 calories? Ever have the soft serve machine in Aramark disappoint you? Ever desire more than just a cup or bowl or ice cream? If so, frozen yogurt is your new best friend. Conveniently located on Lancaster Drive, you can patronize a new selfserve frozen yogurt place called Sweet Papaya. Sweet Papaya offers an Alice-in-Wonderland array of flavors, toppings, sauces and delights to fill your 12-ounce bowl. You can choose from 24 flavors of frozen yogurt and toppings, including fruits, candies, nuts and even dry cereal. The sauces range from favorites such as caramel and chocolate to many others. A personal favorite creation of student Karen Kilgore is white chocolate chip macadamia nut. Yum! At Sweet Papaya, you pay by the ounce, meaning you pay for what you put in your bowl. The current price is 38 cents per ounce. That’s a pretty sweet deal! Every day of the week, Sweet Papaya closes at 11 p.m., making it one of the few places in Salem that does not close at 8 p.m. It’s the perfect place to have a study break or to recharge after a long, sweaty workout. The customers are treated fairly by the friendly employees, and Corban students I’ve talked to love this little sweet spot. Frozen yogurt lovers often have a hard time finding places to satisfy their sweet tooth. But, surprisingly, in this case, little Salem has one-upped Portland, which has a collection of frozen yogurt places that do not compare to Sweet Papaya.
Sweet Papaya 1134 Lancaster Drive NE., Salem