DANA STUDENTS PUT SOME MUSCLE INTO
RUMMAGE SALE
Student athletes provide vital
support for annual fundraiser
The annual Ladies’ Auxiliary Rummage Sale — held Sept.
16–19, at the Washington County Fairgrounds — can only
be described as huge. Thousands of people from all over the United
States come to the fundrasier for Memorial Community Hospital in
Blair to sort through hundreds of thousands of used and like-new
items.
The only problem? All the stuff for sale is stored in a warehouse
in Blair, Neb., while the sale takes place 16 miles down the road
in Arlington, Neb. That’s where Dana College’s student
athletes come in. Once again this year, they will provide the muscle
needed to load the boxes onto cattle trailers and trucks in Blair
and then unload them in Arlington.
“It’s indescrible — how many boxes there are,
I can’t even guess,” said Sharon Gordon, a rummage sale
volunteer who coordinates with Dana on student help. “They
bring a lot of pep. We have two-wheel carts to move the boxes, but
they form assembly lines handing the boxes from one to the other.”
This year, around 200 members of the Dana football, men’s
basketball and wrestling teams will help move around 10,000 boxes
and clean up the fairgrounds. According to Ted Murray, assistant
football coach and admissions counselor, the teams are more than
happy to help out with this important event for Washington County.
“We feel like we’re lucky to be an integral part of
the sale,” Murray said. “It’s a form of community
service for us to give back to the community.”
The Dana student athletes are just a few of the many volunteers
who make the sale happen, said Kathy Jensen, volunteer coordinator
for MCH. But having a couple hundred strong young men certainly
speeds up the process.
“We are very grateful to the student athletes from Dana who
help us each year in setting up for the Rummage Sale,” Jensen
said. “I don’t think people realize the tremendous amount
of donations that the Auxiliary receives and the time it takes to
transport it to the Fair Grounds. Without Dana’s help, unloading
would be a very difficult task, and we certainly wouldn’t
be able to transport the items in just one day.”
Dana College President Myrvin Christopherson said these opportunities
are what define Dana’s character as a school for active participation.
“Dana is an NAIA Champions of Character school,” Christopherson
said. “Servant leadership is a core value in in which Dana
athletics is a participant. We believe that sharing our gifts in
service to others helps one develop character to the fullest. This
is just one of many volunteer efforts of Dana student athletes,
but an important one.”
Dana College is a place where all students actively participate.
They make things happen — in their own lives and in the lives
of others. Through a highly supportive faculty and campus community,
Dana students develop interpersonal skills, leadership abilities,
and other important values and knowledge as they make choices about
their future. Dana’s outstanding academic programs in business,
education, art and social work, among others, ensure that students
have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to pursue challenging
careers or placement in graduate school.
Dana College is a private, liberal arts institution in Blair, Neb.
To learn more, visit www.dana.edu.
Dana College: Develop talents, Take charge,
Build a future — We’re with you all the way.
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For more information contact:
Sarah Cavanah
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
scavanah@dana.edu
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