2008 Woodie Awards
Jagathon raises more than $12,000 for Riley
Maurice M. McKiernan
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: College News
The 2008 Jagathon raised a record-breaking total of $12,002.92 last weekend for the Riley Foundation, during an all-night event that was held for the first time in the Campus Center.
"Having the Jagathon in the Campus Center has been great," said Una Dragic, the internal relations chair for the Jagathon Council. "In the Natatorium (the former location) it was hard to keep everyone together. This place is great. It's a spacious area, it has great acoustics and it was really easy to bring in the food and supplies."
The Jagathon Council created a friendly environment for the event. In the back of the room were chairs and tables for snacks and breakfast.
To the far side were tables with board games and Guitar Hero set up on a small TV, which was near a full DJ booth and a large mix-board. In the front of Room C, on the third floor of the Campus Center, was an impressive stage with 12 can-lights and four speaker cabinets, each equipped with two 15-inch subwoofers.
Throughout the night, accommodations were made to have food or snacks brought in by Marco's Pizza, Steak n' Shake and Chartwells, who provided breakfast to go along with the numerous drinks that were donated.
The makings of a pretty fun, all-night college party were set.
Registration for the event began at 7 p.m. on Friday and lasted until 8 p.m. Then the event officially began, and a handful of young Riley patients were present, running around and having a great time.
"I like to be at parties, and I was told this was going to last all night," said 8-year-old Janyla Martin, who was there with her 5-year-old brother Charles "Little Mikey" Johnson.
Charles made the most of every minute he was there, which was until about midnight. At one point, he began dancing with a volunteer in the middle of the floor.
"Dancing with Mikey was my favorite part of the night," said Gabriela Mendoza, a 19-year-old freshman studying French. "I had the most fun dancing, especially when Mikey started giving me the leis.
"Having the Jagathon in the Campus Center has been great," said Una Dragic, the internal relations chair for the Jagathon Council. "In the Natatorium (the former location) it was hard to keep everyone together. This place is great. It's a spacious area, it has great acoustics and it was really easy to bring in the food and supplies."
The Jagathon Council created a friendly environment for the event. In the back of the room were chairs and tables for snacks and breakfast.
To the far side were tables with board games and Guitar Hero set up on a small TV, which was near a full DJ booth and a large mix-board. In the front of Room C, on the third floor of the Campus Center, was an impressive stage with 12 can-lights and four speaker cabinets, each equipped with two 15-inch subwoofers.
Throughout the night, accommodations were made to have food or snacks brought in by Marco's Pizza, Steak n' Shake and Chartwells, who provided breakfast to go along with the numerous drinks that were donated.
The makings of a pretty fun, all-night college party were set.
Registration for the event began at 7 p.m. on Friday and lasted until 8 p.m. Then the event officially began, and a handful of young Riley patients were present, running around and having a great time.
"I like to be at parties, and I was told this was going to last all night," said 8-year-old Janyla Martin, who was there with her 5-year-old brother Charles "Little Mikey" Johnson.
Charles made the most of every minute he was there, which was until about midnight. At one point, he began dancing with a volunteer in the middle of the floor.
"Dancing with Mikey was my favorite part of the night," said Gabriela Mendoza, a 19-year-old freshman studying French. "I had the most fun dancing, especially when Mikey started giving me the leis.
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Virdi Auger-Velez
posted 2/27/08 @ 6:23 PM EST
This is a great story about a wonderful event. Jagathon was a huge success this year, both in the number of participants and the money raised. However, I just wanted to clear up a few details in the story (I was at the event and am a Family-relations Co-Chair on the council):
The two children mentioned, Mikey Johnson and Janyla Martin, are not current or former Riley patients. (Continued…)
Karen
posted 3/04/08 @ 4:27 PM EST
The event was, indeed, a huge success.
I also wanted to clear up an item. I am the recipient of the award for highest donation, and my family is a Riley family; however, my cousins were Riley kids, not my brother. (Continued…)
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