Valentine’s Day

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We had a blast overall. I’m also proud of our hard work and look forward to future events with this group.”

The Valentine’s Day festivities continued on throughout the week with the majority of events taking place on Feb. 14. The brothers of Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) spent the holiday delivering candy grams and roses to students in Fairview Suites, Smith Hall, Campus Village, and Evergreen Commons.

KDR President Devon Bartleson stated the sales will go toward Mental Health

First Aid certification for the fraternity members. He also mentioned that they already planned to have another fundraiser next year and even highlighted more events occurring later in the semester.

“We believe the event went well, and we look to expand on it next year. We [also] have something extra special planned for Easter as we look to work with our national philanthropy the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation.”

LHU also celebrated the day of love off campus. The apartment housing complex, Evergreen Commons, participated in a Crush and Carnations event where 100 carnations and 48 cans of Crush soda were passed out to residents brate Valentine’s Day. They could take something to give to someone else, or they could ‘treat yo self’ and keep it.”

Brittany Camerer, the Leasing and Marketing Manager at Evergreen Commons, explained their motive behind hosting the event.

Camerer also added that they deemed the event to be successful based on the number of positive responses they received from the student residents.

One of the most attended holiday activities, however, was the Haven Activities Council (HAC) Love Fest. Lower Bentley turned into a miniature BuildA-Bear workshop as students chose between 10 animals to fill with stuffing and a foam heart of their choice. Certifications were also available to write out the animal’s name and adoption date.

According to the organization’s president Ben Adam, Love Fest became a HAC tradition each Valentine’s Day to help spread cheer and boost attendance at student-focused events.

Another HAC representative, Macy Demchak commented on the popularity of Love Fest, noting that the organization gave away all 200 stuffed animals within one hour of the event.

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