Johnson & Wales University Hospitality Students Volunteer at Charity Fundraiser
Thirteen
student volunteers from the School of Hospitality participated in the Lovely
Ladies 2016 Spring Social fundraiser to benefit My Brother’s Keeper. This was the 10th anniversary of
the event. My Brother’s Keeper is a charity that delivers food and furniture to
those in need, and is based in southeastern Massachusetts. The event, which included dinner, a silent
auction, and raffle took place on Monday, April 11th at the Granite
Links Golf Club in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Students volunteer to gain valuable experience and give back to the
community.
The
event volunteers were coordinated by Prof. Debbie Howarth with help from Prof.
Peter Zacchilli both from the International Hotel School. Students, including representatives of the
Johnson & Wales University Special Events Society (SES) and Meeting
Professional International (MPI) collegiate clubs, were responsible for setting
up displays, greeting guests, selling raffle tickets, and helping with
registration. Event committee member Mary Keough-Anderson stated, “They [the students] were amazing and really
worked the event with the utmost professionalism and always had a smile on
their faces. I think they had as much fun as our guests. They
really worked the room with the raffle ticket sales and I'm sure this had a
major impact on the revenue [generated from] sales”. Keough-Anderson, a seasoned meeting planner
herself, has guest lectured at Johnson & Wales and has mentored several
meeting and event management students in recent years.
Keough-Anderson
goes onto say, “Many of the committee
members came up to me after the event and said, "This was the first time
we ever had the opportunity to sit down and enjoy the meal at this
event". This is because of the help provided by all the
volunteers. Everyone was impressed with the quality and professionalism
of each of the students”. At the
end of the evening Jim Orcutt, co-founder of My Brother’s Keeper introduced the
students and thanked them.
Keough-Anderson stated, “They [the
students] got a huge applause, which was well deserved”.
Student leaders from the JWU collegiate chapters of
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Abigail Rubin, President and Danielle
DeTrinis, Vice President; Kirsten Werner, Vice President of the Special Events
Society (SES); and Kasey Webb, Vice President of International Association of
Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) were in-charge of recruiting volunteers for this
request. Student volunteers were: Zinah
Dabbour, Jocelyn Easton, Kafui Fessi; Guyesha Fils-Aime, Gabrielle Henry, Anh
“Roxy” Ho, Jasmine Jones, Daniel Loggi, Alexa Orgias, Mackenzie Thompson, Luisa
Ventura, Fiona Walsh, and Paige Zuber.
Keough-Anderson was so pleased she stated, “I would love to bring them back again next
year”. Johnson & Wales
University students volunteer their time for a variety of programs and
organizations through the school year.
For more information please contact Meagan Pepper, Assistant Director
for Community Engagement; Student Involvement & Leadership on the
Providence, Rhode Island Campus at (401) 598-1499 or via email at
meagan.pepper@jwu.edu.
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