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By Tara Sharpe
(L-R) CSS co-directors of charity Almond and Stephenson get their hands on some of the early haul prior to the Dec. 4 garage sale.
Photo: Tara Sharpe Finding great deals is a holiday theme this month, and the UVic Commerce Students’ Society (CSS) knows how to recognize a clever business opportunity for raising money for charity.
The CSS is hosting a Dec. 4 garage sale from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Michèle Pujol room at UVic’s Student Union Building, featuring inexpensively priced “recycled” garage sale goodies but also new items, thanks to retail donations by local stores.
Mikaila Almond, UVic undergraduate student (business) and co-director of charity for CSS, thinks it’s “a perfect time of year to host a garage sale. Students are clearing out their dorm rooms before heading home for the holidays, and many of us need to find cheap Christmas gifts. Everything not sold is going back to the community too, so it’s presents for everybody.”
“It’s really important to give back to the community,” says Kimberley Stephenson, also a UVic business undergrad and the other CSS co-director of charity, who helped collect the garage sale donations in advance of the sale. “The CSS is a professional development union as well, and strives to provide opportunity for the leaders of tomorrow.”
For those who want to eat before they shop, the 2010 UVic JDC West team is holding a bake sale and cake walk on the same site. (In recognition of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women gathering occurring on Dec. 4—see article on page 5—the team will suspend the cake walk between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.)
The CSS is donating all money raised to the United Way of Greater Victoria.
As of press-time, $252,392 has been raised toward the $275,000 goal for the UVic 2009 United Way campaign.
The CSS is an independent, student-run organization dedicated to creating unique opportunities for its members as well as the local business community. The 2010 JDC West Business Competition is the largest academic case competition in Western Canada, and the 2010 UVic JDC West team will be taking part in the Jan. 15–17 competition.
Last month, UVic business students also splashed out for charity with the Nov. 3 “Chillin’ for Charity” event. The 2010 JDC West team organized the United Way dunk tank fundraising event.
More UVic United Way information: http://unitedway.uvic.ca
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