Spring Break
Dining out to help Boys & Girls Club
Local restaurants participating in event that began as student project; percentage of profits will be donated to Corvallis Boys & Girls Club
Candice Ruud
Issue date: 6/2/08 Section: News
Today several Corvallis restaurants will dedicate a percentage of an entire day's profits to the Boys & Girls Club in the first ever: Dine Out with the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis event.
This event started as a group project for a business class, BA 462, Project Management, and it has turned into a community-wide fundraising effort.
It is expected to be so successful that plans have already been made to make it an annual event.
The business group in charge decided to make their project a fundraiser for the community club after encouragement by group member Jared Standerwick, a senior in business finance and management, who had preexisting ties to the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis.
All day, restaurants Bento Oriental Express, Block 15, El Sol De Mexico, Evergreen Cuisine, Papa Murphy's, Papa's Pizza, Qdoba and University Hero will donate a portion of their profits, ranging from 10 to 25 percent, to the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis.
"It was something everyone in the group was passionate about doing," Standerwick said.
"The hope is that this event will create more business for these participating restaurants, and it benefits both the businesses and the Boys & Girls Club."
The minimum amount to be donated is set at around $900 total, but group members Standerwick and Dan Bowers, also a senior in business, expect that it could reach as high as $2,500.
"I'm going to be eating lunch and dinner out tomorrow," Bowers said. "I'll be having lunch at Qdoba and dinner at Block 15."
Mike Schehen, manager of Papa's Pizza, revealed that the restaurant will be donating 10 percent of its food sales to the Boys & Girls Club today.
"We've been a long-time sponsor of the Boys & Girls Club and this is a good way to give some money back," Schehen said. "I think it's a great idea and I hope everybody helps them out."
Kristen Arzner, owner of Block 15, said her restaurant will be donating 10 percent of its sales today.
"We think it's a really good opportunity to give back to the community. It's a really good club to sponsor," Arzner said.
There were no costs involved for the group, mainly because of their ties with the Boys & Girls Club, who either covered the advertising costs or were able to pull strings in order to get the proper amount of advertisement out into the public.
While these students have learned a great deal sitting in class and taking notes, Standerwick admits that this was a different type of education.
"You learn a lot from doing a project like this, more so than doing a simulation in the classroom," Standerwick said.
Candice Ruud, senior reporter
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
This event started as a group project for a business class, BA 462, Project Management, and it has turned into a community-wide fundraising effort.
It is expected to be so successful that plans have already been made to make it an annual event.
The business group in charge decided to make their project a fundraiser for the community club after encouragement by group member Jared Standerwick, a senior in business finance and management, who had preexisting ties to the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis.
All day, restaurants Bento Oriental Express, Block 15, El Sol De Mexico, Evergreen Cuisine, Papa Murphy's, Papa's Pizza, Qdoba and University Hero will donate a portion of their profits, ranging from 10 to 25 percent, to the Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis.
"It was something everyone in the group was passionate about doing," Standerwick said.
"The hope is that this event will create more business for these participating restaurants, and it benefits both the businesses and the Boys & Girls Club."
The minimum amount to be donated is set at around $900 total, but group members Standerwick and Dan Bowers, also a senior in business, expect that it could reach as high as $2,500.
"I'm going to be eating lunch and dinner out tomorrow," Bowers said. "I'll be having lunch at Qdoba and dinner at Block 15."
Mike Schehen, manager of Papa's Pizza, revealed that the restaurant will be donating 10 percent of its food sales to the Boys & Girls Club today.
"We've been a long-time sponsor of the Boys & Girls Club and this is a good way to give some money back," Schehen said. "I think it's a great idea and I hope everybody helps them out."
Kristen Arzner, owner of Block 15, said her restaurant will be donating 10 percent of its sales today.
"We think it's a really good opportunity to give back to the community. It's a really good club to sponsor," Arzner said.
There were no costs involved for the group, mainly because of their ties with the Boys & Girls Club, who either covered the advertising costs or were able to pull strings in order to get the proper amount of advertisement out into the public.
While these students have learned a great deal sitting in class and taking notes, Standerwick admits that this was a different type of education.
"You learn a lot from doing a project like this, more so than doing a simulation in the classroom," Standerwick said.
Candice Ruud, senior reporter
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
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