University students creating awareness

By Sandee Nho

Students at the University of Windsor are working to improve the awareness of local charitable organizations by enrolling in the Management and Organizational Life program.

 

The program gives students the opportunity to help raise awareness in their community. As an assignment during the course, students are required to hold a fundraising event with a local charitable organization. Kyle Lenarduzzi and Michael Tran organized an event at Super Bowl Lanes with the United Way of Windsor and Essex County.

 

“We chose this charity so it’s close to our values and what we believe in,” said Tran. “We believe in a charity that helps out families and local communities so we decided to choose the United Way.”

 

Other organizations students in the program are teaming up with include Computers for Kids and the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. Electronic waste disposal, comedy shows and club nights are just a few of the other events students are holding throughout the community. Lenarduzzi said there needs more awareness about local charitable organizations.

“There’s so many charities in Windsor that deserve so much support for doing amazing charitable work within Windsor,” said Lenarduzzi. “There are a lot of organizations for education and especially underprivileged families in Windsor and there definitely needs to be more awareness of them. That’s a huge thing we need to address in Windsor to make a better community.”

 

The bowling event organized by Lenarduzzi’s group raised $400. There will be silent auctions at the university’s campus to help raise more money for the United Way. Many events around the community organized by the students enrolled in the program will be open to the public.