Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Kiss The Pig

A couple of my students, who are members of the honor society PTK, are working on a fundraising project titled "Kiss The Pig." There will be small piggy-banks with pictures of various faculty and staff placed at the student center for about a week. The campus community will 'vote' to pick the person they would like to see kiss a pig (literally!) by inserting money into the piggy-bank with the person's picture. The event lasts for about a week and people can participate as many times as they would like by voting with their money. Everyday, the students count the 'votes' and put out a running tally for all participants. The winner and the loser (last place) has to kiss a pig from a local farm during an event (Spring Fling--3rd Wk of April) on campus. Last year the club raised about $1,000, which they donated to a women's shelter in Fort Collins, CO. This year the students are donating the raised funds to the Kasthamandap Rotary to be used for renovating a school in Dhankutta, Nepal. I have decided to participate in the event and I hope to kiss the pig!

Will provide an update as the process moves forward.

update # 1: some of you wanted to support this effort and wanted to see me kiss the pig!  If you are interested in supporting this effort, please send me an e-mail listed under my profile and I will send you information on how to support. Remember, just $10 (Cost of 2 Venti Soy Latte With No Whip) will go a long way in Nepal.  

2 comments:

  1. Sounds interesting and lots of fun. Super Niroj!! Keep up the good work!! I really wish you get to kiss the pig :)

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  2. Thank you Sulava. I hope so too.

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