GCE hosted its 3rd annual Yo' Mama Haiku Battle last night, a pretense to raise money for our scholars, both present and future. Congrats to Alex Sigrist for taking home the crown with incisive commentary such as this:
The upshot of that burn is people will at least believe our Director now when he says his mother never got down with Bill Cosby.
Last night was also the culmination of our online raffle drive, the prize being half the proceeds donated to the charitable cause closest the winner's heart. Since we sold $735 worth of tickets, that means $367.50 to wherever...
***Official Raffle Drawing***
...Mat Dolata tells us to send it. Congrats to him and his charitable preferences, which he has indicated is a toy drive his workplace hosts every holiday season for children from low-income households.
Stunt Bonus Update
If you recall, our Director promised to get a mullet if we raised $1000 through our raffle. Unfortunately, $765 doesn't quite do it. Sorry
But wait!
As a result of our online panhandling, we received an additional $1600 in contributions that the donors asked not be part of the raffle. So in the same spirit as your and their giving, our Director will be visiting the beauty salon this week. That's fine: he magically cannot unlock his 1983 Pontiac Trans Am without said mullet.
Special thanks to Mike Gora, Randy Digges, Daniel and Heejoo Duch, and Greg and Eileen Duch via the Community Foundation of New Jersey for their donations, not to mention all y'all who purchased raffle tickets. Additionally, a round of thanks to those that helped us with the Korean half of our fundraising efforts at last night's haiku battle: The Southside Parlor for being wonderful hosts, as always; Casablanca Sandwicherie, Magpie Brewing, Ruby Sodas, Southside Parlor (again), Vatos Urban Tacos, and Vertex Chicken for their raffle donations; and Alex Sigrist, Austin Vinas, Jeewon Kwon, and Johnny Yu for setting their moms up to get dissed all night.
This blog generally goes quiet for whole months at a time but will be mildly active in the weeks to come, as Namibian students have recently taken their JSC exams and are awaiting results that are expected to be released this week. Please check back to meet our new group of scholars! In the meantime, Merry Christmas if you celebrate Christmas and enjoy the day off from work if you don't.
Last night was also the culmination of our online raffle drive, the prize being half the proceeds donated to the charitable cause closest the winner's heart. Since we sold $735 worth of tickets, that means $367.50 to wherever...
***Official Raffle Drawing***
...Mat Dolata tells us to send it. Congrats to him and his charitable preferences, which he has indicated is a toy drive his workplace hosts every holiday season for children from low-income households.
Stunt Bonus Update
If you recall, our Director promised to get a mullet if we raised $1000 through our raffle. Unfortunately, $765 doesn't quite do it. Sorry
But wait!
As a result of our online panhandling, we received an additional $1600 in contributions that the donors asked not be part of the raffle. So in the same spirit as your and their giving, our Director will be visiting the beauty salon this week. That's fine: he magically cannot unlock his 1983 Pontiac Trans Am without said mullet.
Special thanks to Mike Gora, Randy Digges, Daniel and Heejoo Duch, and Greg and Eileen Duch via the Community Foundation of New Jersey for their donations, not to mention all y'all who purchased raffle tickets. Additionally, a round of thanks to those that helped us with the Korean half of our fundraising efforts at last night's haiku battle: The Southside Parlor for being wonderful hosts, as always; Casablanca Sandwicherie, Magpie Brewing, Ruby Sodas, Southside Parlor (again), Vatos Urban Tacos, and Vertex Chicken for their raffle donations; and Alex Sigrist, Austin Vinas, Jeewon Kwon, and Johnny Yu for setting their moms up to get dissed all night.
This blog generally goes quiet for whole months at a time but will be mildly active in the weeks to come, as Namibian students have recently taken their JSC exams and are awaiting results that are expected to be released this week. Please check back to meet our new group of scholars! In the meantime, Merry Christmas if you celebrate Christmas and enjoy the day off from work if you don't.