Haven Achievers Program presents gift to Women's Center
Pollyanna Puckett
Issue date: 11/19/09 Section: News
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Students involved in the raffle were given the challenge of selling as many tickets as possible in two weeks. They accepted the challenge and sold a total of 1,060 tickets at one dollar a piece. Everyone who bought a ticket filled it out with their name and contact information to be entered into a drawing to win 50% of the money that was raised. The lucky winner of the other $530 was LaShae' Spratley.
"I am thankful that good deeds pay off. I was just trying to help a few friends out and support the women's center. I never expected to win the raffle!" said Spratley, 19, a sophomore in criminal justice.
The Clinton County Women's Center is no stranger to generous gifts from student organizations on campus, but according to Cindy Love, the director of the center, this gift was more than expected. It came as a huge surprise to her and the center.
"They just called me up and said that they have this amazing gift! It was a total surprise. Completely unexpected," said Love.
The Women's Center has been helping the local community and LHU students for many years. The center is no stranger to students interning there, doing whatever they can to meet classroom requirements or to just lend a caring hand. The center welcomes any help it can get.
Love said, "I'd like to say thank you to the Haven Achievers and everyone else involved in this fundraiser."
Lisa Weaver, the director of Haven Achievers, said that they have organized a lot of fundraisers in the past that brought in roughly $200, but this has been the most successful fundraising event by far.
Love said that the money will be going towards whatever the victims (male or female) need. If they need gas cards, the money will get them gas cards. If they need food, the money will get them food. The victim's needs are first priority.
The students who sold the tickets had the chance to win a reward if they sold the winning ticket from the drawing, but they were all rewarded with knowing that they helped out for a good cause.
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