In case I've never mentioned this before, I am the Secretary for the 7A Hall Council--that is student government group representing 7th Street and Alumni Hall (two upperclassmen residence halls). We have been working diligently to raise money for Relay for Life which is an event the university hosts each April in order to increase awareness, and funds, for cancer. Relay for Life is huge at NYU--it's an overnight even that takes place in Coles gym where a number of different campus organizations spend the year raising money to donate and then they get to have their own table set up at the actual event to continue raising money and supporting the cause. There are also a bunch of different activities set up around the gym, there's movies playing throughout the night, food being distributed (and sold for Relay), and friends just hanging out. It's a ton of fun and really great to see how involved and enthusiastic everyone gets about the event.
So this year, the 7A Hall Council has set a $1337 fundraising goal (we wanted to have at least $1000, 33 is the address of Alumni and 7 is for 7th Street--just figured the random number might need some explanation). At first we were a little intimidated but we have put a huge amount of time, effort, and hard work into making it a completely feasible endeavor. We have had pizza sale after pizza sale in the Alumni Lobby, we are having a raffle after Spring Break, but most impressive of all was the 7A Delivers event we hosted. It was so successful, that we're doing it again.
We decided to host a room service event on a Sunday evening--when everyone stays home to do homework. We brainstormed what some good places would be to get food from and decided that all the proceeds would go to Relay for Life. We concluded that pizza, Magnolia Bakery cupcakes, S'Mac macaroni and cheese, Cold Stone Creamery ice cream, and soda would be the menu items. We had Hall Council members man the phone in one of the Alumni offices and take orders throughout the day, and then other Hall Council members were responsible for delivering the food which ran from 6-9:30pm. The event was incredibly successful and well received!
We have ironed out some kinks in our system and are all set to do this again. At this point, it's so exciting to see us about to exceed our goal...one we once thought was going to be almost impossible to achieve!