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Relay For Life aims for $75,000 donation goal
Stephanie Takach
Issue date: 1/23/09 Section: News
Relay For Life, an event in which teams and individuals raise awareness and donations for the American Cancer Society, will be held on campus April 4 and 5.
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity hosts the 12-hour event, but is looking for support from the entire Drexel community, according to Nick Hoppel, co-chair for the event.
"We want to hit everyone," Hoppel said. "There's a lot of student organizations and demographics that were not touched yet and have not heard of it."
Relay for Life is a national event in which teams of people raise funds to fight cancer and raise awareness for cancer prevention and treatment.
"We have been building our Colleges Against Cancer program for the past couple of years," Carly Chizik, income development specialist for ACS, said. "We're trying to get each college in the area a College Against Cancer chapter, which is where Relay For Life falls under."
Hoppel and the committee said they are hoping to make Relay For Life a tradition at Drexel because fighting for cancer never really ends.
"We want to just get out the idea of cancer awareness and how important it is to get these colleges involved," Chizik said. "They are the future, they are the voice of the future."
Last year, the event raised over $42,000 dollars, which almost doubled their goal of $22,000, according to Chizik.
This year, the fundraising goal is $75,000 and the organizers are looking to "step it up," Hoppel said.
"I think [the goal] is definitely attainable and I have faith that they will meet that goal this year," Chizik said.
In spite of the economic times, Hoppel is still looking for support from students, administration and sponsors. Chizik recognized that there may be some hardships this year, but instead of getting larger donations, participants can look to more donations in smaller amounts.
"I was adamant about going for $100,000, but we are shooting for something more plausible, Hoppel said.
The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity hosts the 12-hour event, but is looking for support from the entire Drexel community, according to Nick Hoppel, co-chair for the event.
"We want to hit everyone," Hoppel said. "There's a lot of student organizations and demographics that were not touched yet and have not heard of it."
Relay for Life is a national event in which teams of people raise funds to fight cancer and raise awareness for cancer prevention and treatment.
"We have been building our Colleges Against Cancer program for the past couple of years," Carly Chizik, income development specialist for ACS, said. "We're trying to get each college in the area a College Against Cancer chapter, which is where Relay For Life falls under."
Hoppel and the committee said they are hoping to make Relay For Life a tradition at Drexel because fighting for cancer never really ends.
"We want to just get out the idea of cancer awareness and how important it is to get these colleges involved," Chizik said. "They are the future, they are the voice of the future."
Last year, the event raised over $42,000 dollars, which almost doubled their goal of $22,000, according to Chizik.
This year, the fundraising goal is $75,000 and the organizers are looking to "step it up," Hoppel said.
"I think [the goal] is definitely attainable and I have faith that they will meet that goal this year," Chizik said.
In spite of the economic times, Hoppel is still looking for support from students, administration and sponsors. Chizik recognized that there may be some hardships this year, but instead of getting larger donations, participants can look to more donations in smaller amounts.
"I was adamant about going for $100,000, but we are shooting for something more plausible, Hoppel said.
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