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Co-ed fraternity hosting campus clothing swap
First-annual event to donate to Mount Pleasant's Goodwill
By: Ryan Selva
Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: News
Students might see their old clothing on a fellow classmate this spring.
Alpha Phi Omega is hosting its first annual campus-wide clothing swap this Thursday and Friday in the Bovee University Center's Isabella Room.
The co-ed service fraternity is collecting clothes at the UC. It also will collect at the swap.
"Our service committee thought of the idea for the swap," said Ben Small, a Greenville sophomore. "We did a clothing drive in the past, but this idea seemed better."
Students can purchase any article of clothing for $1 whether a clothing donation is made or not. Those who donate will be given a ticket for each item they give away - those tickets then can be swapped for another article of clothing.
"All clothing is seen as equal," Small said. "It doesn't matter if you donate a pair of used shorts and then swap them for a pair of good jeans."
Alpha Phi Omega's goal in the clothing swap is to encourage students to seek philanthropic opportunities.
"The swap is something different to give students an opportunity to help an organization," said Joe Albrecht, Farmington Hills sophomore.
All proceeds made and any clothes left over from the swap will be donated to Mount Pleasant's Goodwill, 1313 S. Mission St.
Albrecht said students have been enthusiastic about attending the swap.
"They like the idea, but most are waiting for the day of the swap to donate and look around," he said.
Small is encouraging students to donate as much as they can.
"There has been a good amount of donations already, but the more people donate, the more variety they will have to choose from," he said.
St. Clair Shores senior Sarah Terrien has had friends donate.
"My friend donated a white hoodie that she no longer wears, but she thinks someone else might want it," she said.
Terrien said some may modify clothes after swapping to make them more appealing to individual styles.
"It is better to swap instead of having things end up in the trash," she said.
With a good turnout in donations for the fundraiser thus far, Small said they will be trying it again.
"I think that students can expect to see this type of fundraiser again in the future," he said.
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Alpha Phi Omega is hosting its first annual campus-wide clothing swap this Thursday and Friday in the Bovee University Center's Isabella Room.
The co-ed service fraternity is collecting clothes at the UC. It also will collect at the swap.
"Our service committee thought of the idea for the swap," said Ben Small, a Greenville sophomore. "We did a clothing drive in the past, but this idea seemed better."
Students can purchase any article of clothing for $1 whether a clothing donation is made or not. Those who donate will be given a ticket for each item they give away - those tickets then can be swapped for another article of clothing.
"All clothing is seen as equal," Small said. "It doesn't matter if you donate a pair of used shorts and then swap them for a pair of good jeans."
Alpha Phi Omega's goal in the clothing swap is to encourage students to seek philanthropic opportunities.
"The swap is something different to give students an opportunity to help an organization," said Joe Albrecht, Farmington Hills sophomore.
All proceeds made and any clothes left over from the swap will be donated to Mount Pleasant's Goodwill, 1313 S. Mission St.
Albrecht said students have been enthusiastic about attending the swap.
"They like the idea, but most are waiting for the day of the swap to donate and look around," he said.
Small is encouraging students to donate as much as they can.
"There has been a good amount of donations already, but the more people donate, the more variety they will have to choose from," he said.
St. Clair Shores senior Sarah Terrien has had friends donate.
"My friend donated a white hoodie that she no longer wears, but she thinks someone else might want it," she said.
Terrien said some may modify clothes after swapping to make them more appealing to individual styles.
"It is better to swap instead of having things end up in the trash," she said.
With a good turnout in donations for the fundraiser thus far, Small said they will be trying it again.
"I think that students can expect to see this type of fundraiser again in the future," he said.
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