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Blair McNeill ‘05MBA
with girlfriend Michele Gardner give “Lady” a bath at
the Atlanta Pet Rescue during the second annual Goizueta in the
Community Service Day. The dog wash was one of nine service projects
held in March. |
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Win a Porsche! Wash a dog! Kiss a pig! Spring of 2005
found hundreds of Goizueta students hard at work all over the Atlanta
area, volunteering for dozens of inspired community projects—and
having a ton of fun at the same time.
Now in its seventh year, the Goizueta Gives Weekend raised $15,000 for
the AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorder Service at Children’s
Healthcare of Atlanta.
The weekend event concluded a year’s worth of fundraising events
with a reception and silent auction for about 250 students, faculty, and
friends on April 8.
Just the day before, Goizueta students who had collected the most coins
in jars placed around campus were rewarded with a special moment in the
spotlight: the highly coveted chance to kiss a genuine, live pig, trucked
onto campus just for the occasion.
Goizueta Gives Weekend Co-Chair, Whitney Parker
’05MBA, was delighted with the level of participation
from Goizueta students throughout the year in numerous charity efforts,
from puckering-up with pigs to golf tournaments.
“I think it’s important for all of us to do our part and give
back,” says Parker. “And, it’s a great opportunity for
us, as students, to learn more about Atlanta, learn what’s going
on, so that we will be prepared to enter the business world here and learn
what various organizations do.”
Another Goizueta Gives Weekend event, the Charity Golf Tournament at the
Lakemont Course at Stone Mountain Golf Club, was a huge success, with
slots for foursomes selling out quickly.
Alexander Hunter ’06BBA, an avid
golfer himself, helped organize the tournament. “We’re so privileged
to be at such a great university. So many don’t have what we do,
so something with the Goizueta name is just a great way to get involved
in giving back.”
Nine simultaneous service projects were revved-up on Saturday, March 5
for the second annual Goizueta in the Community Service Day.
Students could volunteer for an event that best suited their interests
by completing an online survey before they fanned out across Atlanta on
assignments ranging from shampooing pooches for Atlanta Pet Rescue to
helping local Girl Scouts distribute cookies.
Other projects that day included work at the City of Atlanta parks, Habitat
for Humanity, Wesley Woods Retirement Center, and Project Open Hand/Atlanta,
which provides freshly cooked meals and nutrition services to people living
with symptomatic HIV/AIDS, homebound seniors, and individuals with other
critical illnesses or disabilities.
On April 28, MBA students in the Nonprofit Marketing Field course presented
their final projects to the five nonprofits they worked with during the
semester. This unique course was developed by Susan
Hogan, assistant professor of marketing, to help participating
nonprofits—The Emory Center for Pain Medicine, Good Samaritan Health
Center, Tile Partners for Humanity, Map International, and Sandy Springs
Youth Sports—develop branding strategies and business models to differentiate
and define each NPO, particularly for their fundraising efforts.
For a list of MBA community service activities, visit http://www.bus.emory.edu/Clubs/CommunityService/index.html.
—Grayson Hurst Daughters