A six-minute limit should ease the dating tension

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Looking for a Valentine’s Day date?

Love will be in the air Thursday in the Bovee University Center Rotunda Room.

Central Michigan University’s Physical Therapy department is hosting a charity speed dating event from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday.

“Along with soda and entertainment from Central Harmony, it’s just a great way to meet people,” said Mount Pleasant graduate student Sally Engler.

Dates will last six minutes, and each person will be asked to rate each person according to how interested or uninterested they are about hearing from their date in the future.

Natalie Dacho, a Midland graduate student, said the event will provide a new social atmosphere for people to experience.

“I would definitely encourage people to come because it’s the only chance you get to go on 10 dates in one night and help out a good cause at the same time,” Dacho said.

Engler said they are hoping to get about 100 speed daters to make the event a success, and raise $1,000 by the end of Thursday night. Individuals may pre-register daily until the event and must remember to bring their CMU ID to speed dating in order to affirm that they are students.

Benefits will go to the Physical Therapy department’s pro-bono program “Hands for Health.”

Tickets are $10 per person for pre-registry and $12 at the door for 10 dates. For pre-registry, individuals are asked to e-mail their name, gender and gender preference to cmuspeeddating@gmail.com.

Engler said the event will benefit individuals in the Mount Pleasant area and surrounding communities who are uninsured or under-insured.

The “Hands for Health” program provides the people without insurance with physical therapy evaluations and treatments, as well as low-cost necessary medical equipment, she said.

Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase materials, equipment, and rehabilitation items for “Hands for Health.”

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