Spring Break
Student government reveals winter plans
Konstantine Fekos
Issue date: 11/19/09 Section: News
The Student Government Association (SGA) met in the Frank G. Pogue Student Center Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. to discuss a new philanthropy project, vehicle replacement, a campus beautification project for the winter season and a fan bus to the Edinboro and West Liberty State football game this Saturday.
"We researched a number of philanthropy projects to find one no other student organization covered already," said President Jamie Lutz. "Working on this project is something we hope to do every year from now on."
SGA chose Operation Warm, a project out of Chadds Ford, Pa., that provides new recycled-fabric winter coats to children in need, to support fiscally and responsibly. Congress and executive board members plan to donate all proceeds from the SGA Store to order coats from Operation Warm.
Given the operation's new "Green Initiatives," SGA also plans to collect plastic bottles that Operation Warm will recycle to manufacture the coats before sending them to Edinboro.
After receiving the coats, SGA would then research different elementary schools and community areas in Edinboro to determine children's need and give out the coats subsequently.
"It kind of just happened," said Lutz, explaining SGA's prompt to undertake support for such a project.
"It was one of our only options because we technically didn't have a philanthropy group and we didn't want to copy another organization's idea."
After brief discussion and post-meeting plans to watch a promotional DVD, SGA Congress and executive board members passed the motion to adopt Operation Warm as their philanthropy project.
Other business called to attention included two eight-year-old SGA vans that have fallen into disrepair.
Director of Operations Mike Robel spoke with Lutz to the Congress in hopes of allotting $50,000 from the miscellaneous income account to replace the vans.
Several SGA executives mentioned the "bad condition" of the vans in question and passed the motion for the safety of students whose organizations would require the vans for travel.
"We researched a number of philanthropy projects to find one no other student organization covered already," said President Jamie Lutz. "Working on this project is something we hope to do every year from now on."
SGA chose Operation Warm, a project out of Chadds Ford, Pa., that provides new recycled-fabric winter coats to children in need, to support fiscally and responsibly. Congress and executive board members plan to donate all proceeds from the SGA Store to order coats from Operation Warm.
Given the operation's new "Green Initiatives," SGA also plans to collect plastic bottles that Operation Warm will recycle to manufacture the coats before sending them to Edinboro.
After receiving the coats, SGA would then research different elementary schools and community areas in Edinboro to determine children's need and give out the coats subsequently.
"It kind of just happened," said Lutz, explaining SGA's prompt to undertake support for such a project.
"It was one of our only options because we technically didn't have a philanthropy group and we didn't want to copy another organization's idea."
After brief discussion and post-meeting plans to watch a promotional DVD, SGA Congress and executive board members passed the motion to adopt Operation Warm as their philanthropy project.
Other business called to attention included two eight-year-old SGA vans that have fallen into disrepair.
Director of Operations Mike Robel spoke with Lutz to the Congress in hopes of allotting $50,000 from the miscellaneous income account to replace the vans.
Several SGA executives mentioned the "bad condition" of the vans in question and passed the motion for the safety of students whose organizations would require the vans for travel.
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