Trivia for a great cause

By: Sarah Ryrie

Trivia for a great cause
St. Clair College hosted its second annual trivia game at its main campus to raise money for United Way.

Eight teams signed up for the trivia game and each team member was required to pay a ten dollar donation.

Gemma Gray-Hall, manager of Resource Development for the United Way of Windsor-Essex County, said more than $300 was raised for United Way at the trivia event

“The United Way is a community organization,” said Gray-Hall. “We have a series of strategic priorities that we focus on to help address needs within the community. We came to those strategic priorities through conversations with people that live in the community.”
Roger Faubert, a team member of the “Mad Mentors” said they wanted to hold a fun event to mirror the ways United Way raises funds.
“Part of it is the fact that this is for the United Way. The other part is you get to have your fellow workers and everybody else together in a fun challenge,” said Faubert. “I played, I ate some cookies, I had a lot of fun and that’s what the United Way does. They raise money through ways of having fun and getting people together so we can help others.

The money raised from the event will go towards United Way’s three strategic priorities of community funds, basic needs, positioning children and families for success and creating thriving neighborhoods.

“All of the money raised today will go towards our programs and 82 per cent of all the money we raise at the United Way goes toward the programs we support within Windsor and Essex County,” said Gray-Hall.

There are more than 100 United Way offices across Canada. They are all independent, non-profit organizations directed by a volunteer-led, local board of directors. Each United Way raises money and allocates funds locally to support its community.