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Creative minds help fundraising efforts |  |
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| By Michelle Delaney
The Morningside art club and photo club have been busy recently participating in fundraising efforts. If you have been in the Morningside Bookstore lately, you may have noticed a cool new product. No, it isn’t a Morningside sweatshirt or blanket, it is something even the poorest college student can afford. Costing only one dollar, the bookstore has started been selling postcards featuring pictures of the Morningside campus. A professional photographer did not take these beautiful snapshots; talented students took them. The Morningside photo club is responsible for the new addition to the bookstore. Chelsi Bissell, president of the photo club, said, “I was trying to come up with new ways to get our name out on campus, so I thought of doing this and I think it turned out well.” All of the profits are a part of a fundraising effort to finance a photo club trip at the end of the year. This year they are planning on going to Omaha, Neb. to learn more about photography and to take pictures in a new setting. So, the next time you stop in at the bookstore, instead of paying thirty dollars or more you can spend a measly dollar to get a Morningside memento. The art club has been busy raising money too. Last week you may have noticed a particularly large cardboard box in the front of the Olsen Student Center. This box was put there in an effort to raise money for The Mental Health Association of Siouxland in the annual “Siouxland Sleep Out.” The box was positioned on Morningside for only one day and it raised fifty five dollars. The art club became involved when member John Kelley, who has been a part of this event in years past, suggested it as a great way to help the community. Listening to his suggestion, the entire art club helped promote his idea. John Kelley, Jessica Bartek, and Kelsey Knudson helped build the box, and Kelley and members of the campus ministry, who made their own box, stayed overnight at the Lexis and Clark Park Stadium. Last year, proceeds went to the Cedar Rapids Flood Relief, Gospel Mission, Henry Muller Hall, Project Restore, Shesler Hall and the Siouxland Coalition to End Homelessness. Whether the money raised is to help on campus organizations or community organizations, Morningside students have been using their creativity to help a cause. (Nov 12 ) |
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