OSPIRG ‘RocR-A-Thon’ raises money, awareness
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Wrapped in blanket* and their
thickest winter jackets. 15
OSPIRG volunteer* braved freez
ing tampemtum* (or 24 hours last
weekend to draw attention to and
raise funds for the homeless
The "Ro« k-n-Thon." which
started on 10 a m Friday and
ended 10 a in Saturday, had vol
unteer* sitting in rooking ( hairs
for three to five hour shifts in the
EMU courtyard The Rock-a-Than
conc luded a variety of activities
for OSPIRG'* National Hunger
and lloin<*lessn«*vs Week Nov 1
“Us spending the night here
compares nothing to the home
less who hove to spend 365
nights a year out in the streets,"
said Rachel Hewitt. OSPIRG
Hunger and Homelessness coor
dinator
Hewitt said volunteers raised
money by soliciting donations
from family and friends Dona
tors [sod volunteers for each hour
they sat in their rocking chairs
OSPIRG will turn over the
monies to the National Student
Campaign Against Hunger and
if - . a national student
group bailed in ooiton, Massa
chusetts Hewitt will noi know
until the end of this week how
much money last weekend's
event raised
OSPJRG volunteers also col
lected a boxful of blankets, chil
dren's clothing and shoes
Alongside the rot king chairs
was a stack of while paper plates
eat h containing a letter from a
student or citisen protesting the
University's decision to demol
ish Amazon housing.
"The empty plates stand for the
empty promises (given by the
University)." Hewitt said B> Fn
day afternoon, 130 written plates
had been collected
"Thi* event sends a message to
rest of the campus that if you real
ly tare about something., you can
do something about it." Mid Matt
Rabin. OSPIRG campus staff
mem tier.
OSPIRG s efforts wore part of a
nationwide effort try 150 200 col
leges ac ross the c ountry to raise
awareness about poverty issues,
Rabin said
The University's efforts for
National Hunger and Homeless
Week included a panel discus
sion on local hunger problems
with Eugene politicians Cynthia
Wooten and Kevin Homhuckle
I.a*t Wednesday. OSPIRG and
the Sava Amazon Coalition
staged a rally and mart h protest
ing th*> University's decision to
demolish Amazon Thirty stu
dents and Eugene citizens
camped overnight outside of the
low-income units.
Ijjst Thursday. OSPIRG put on
a hunger banquet in the Carson
Gold Rmim The event raised
$200 with the funds going to
Oxfam, a national student group
which deals with worldwide frxid
problems
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