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May 2013 Outreach trip participants, Shyane Wiegers and Paloma Skryzpek, in Lajitas, Honduras • photo by Greg Overholt
SOS raising the roof for second gala TRAVISFAUTEUX news editor __________________________ The Windsor chapter of Students Offering Support (SOS), a charitable student association, will be hosting its second “Raising Roofs” gala on Nov. 22 in the Augustus ballroom at Caesars Windsor. SOS raises funds for sustainable educational projects in communities throughout Latin America by hosting affordable examaid review sessions for a number of courses at the university. The gala is an appreciation event for the over 80 volunteers at the U of W, but it is also a fundraiser for the two outreach trips that SOS will be embarking on this summer. Last year, 37 University of Windsor students volunteered to build classrooms, latrines, and other projects in Peru,
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Honduras, and Nicaragua. This year, they will be “raising roofs” again in Guatemala, where they will be upgrading a school, and in Nicaragua, where a multi-grade classroom, sanitary services, a better running water system, and a play area will be constructed at a school. Proceeds raised from the gala will fund the two projects, while proceeds from the silent auction at the event will help subsidize the travel costs of the volunteers. Windsor chapter co-presidents Laura Pineault and Adriana Baggio said the gala ensures that the association can continue to raise roofs in communities in need while benefitting students at home in Windsor. “The importance of this gala and the impact that the funds raised from it has on communities throughout Latin America is unparalleled,” said Pineault.
“Being able to participate in an outreach trip is truly a life changing experience,” said Baggio. “There is no better feeling than working all year to raise funds to support the work of SOS and seeing it unfold while building the projects on an outreach trip. The work and fundraising pays off right before your eyes.”
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“Last year as a chapter we raised $21,000 through exam aids and the gala,” said Pineault.
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“It’s primarily, right now, the family and friends of our volunteers attending, but we definitely open it up to administration, faculty, and any students on campus who want to support,” said Pineault. The gala will feature an awards ceremony for volunteers, a presentation by SOS founder and executive director Greg Overholt, a dinner, cash bar, and a dance.
There is no better feeling than working all year to raise funds to support the work of SOS and seeing it unfold while building the projects on an outreach trip. The work and fundraising pays off right before your eyes.
— ADRIANABAGGIO,
WINDSOR SOS CO-PRESIDENT
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