Each week, the UCLA Volunteer Center will post a comprehensive list of food fundraisers on UCLA’s campus. These fundraisers support student organization and campus causes while providing a cheap alternative for dining. If you are an organization who wishes to participate and promote your fundraiser, please fill out our Hunger Hotspots application.
Organization: buildOn Bruins
Selling: Baked goods (cookies, pumpkin pie bites, brownies, cupcakes)
Price: Pricing to be determined, Cash
Date & Time: 10/19/2012, 12 PM – 4 PM
Location: North Campus by the food tables (By YRL)
Cause: We educate ourselves, we educate our members, we educate the world and we bake! buildOn is a national organization dedicated towards global education, and one of the main ways we do this is building schools abroad, in poor, rural villages of developing countries. The proceeds from this bakesale will go towards constructing a school abroad, which will help educate local children, adults, and entire commuities. The cost of constructing each school is about $30,000, so every penny is greatly appreciated!!
Organization: Medical, Educational Missions & Outreach (MEMO) at UCLA
Selling: Fresh Strawberry Lemonade with Fresh Lime
Price: $2.00 per cup; cash
Date & Time: Wednesday 10/17; 9AM – 5PM
Location: One of the tables on Bruin Walk
Cause: The money from this fundraiser will support our programs on our annual missions trip to Vietnam, where we provide free medical clinics for the underserved, give scholarships to students, provide free surgeries to children with congenital heart disease, and provide funding and toys for children in orphanages.
