Fundraising Update

In honor of PRSSA’s 40th anniversary, we here at UH are working to complete 40 hours of community service. So far we have marched for cancer and volunteered in a Dress Drive for the Domestic Violence Action Center. Currently we are focusing on March for Babies and the Hawaii Foodbank Food Drive.

If you are feeling generous, visit our March of Dimes Team Page and make a contribution toward our fundraising efforts.

This past week we set up tables at Campus Center to raise money for the team. A huge thank you is in order for Sheryl, Brittany, Lora, Bianca, Marichris, Candi, and Mark who volunteered to man the tables. Between the two days we were able to raise more than $150.00 in donations. When you see these PRSSA members be sure to congratulate them on a job well done.

Please continue to fundraise everyone and don’t forget – the walk is Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 a.m. I hope to see everyone there!

UH PRSSA Students Gather from Dusk till Dawn

 

2008 Relay for Life Event Held at UH Manoa’s Cooke Field 

 Written by: Kristen Kano 

 On March 8th and 9th, fourteen members of UH PRSSA gathered at Cooke Field to participate i the American Cancer’s Society’s annual Relay for Life event. We raised more than $2,000.00 in donations. All donations will go toward further cancer treatments and research so that one day a cure for the vicious disease can be found.

“Celebrate, Remeber, Fight Back” was the theme of the relay, and the dusk-until-dawn event symbolized the process of a person’s fight to battle and overcome cancer. Luminarias lit the track as our members walked and took part in the other relay activities during the overnight vigil. Luminarias were dedicated in support of those currently fighting cancer and to celebrate the lives of cancer survivors. Participants also lit in loving memory of those who lost their battles to the disease. 

Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity. It brings together more than 3.5 million participants each year. Donations raised from the relay fund cutting-edge cancer research, education for early cancer detection and prevention, and patient services. Through relay, the organization is able to continue to help and empower those affected by cancer.

The American Cancer Society is the nation-wide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.