The holiday season is one for giving, whether it is to your own kin, the Salvation Army or change collectors; it is important to help the needy. Not everyone has the resources to provide for the ones they love during this loving time of the year and a lot of people in the community have found ways to help out those in need and the LSSU Sports and Event Marketing class found a way to bring that spirit of philanthropy to the campus. They hosted a “Pre-Exam Jam”, where they gathered a few local musicians who agreed to play to raise money for the needy. The event was held in the Peacock Cove and you needed to either donate a dollar or a can to get into the event and both cans and money were donated to the E.U.P Food bank. Prizes were raffled away as well.

“We got the prizes form local donations from the community. We told them we were going to run a charitable event for the community and they helped us” said Mike Willete, a student in the Event Marketing class.

Donations came from many different places, including Sault, Canada’s: C.J.’s Pizza, Action Lube, Munoscong Golf Course, Stones Office Supply, Maitland Ford, Prouse Dealership, Toyota Dealership, Stones, Local 1036 Laborers Union, Highland Ford Dealership and Nissan Dealership. Sault, Michigan donators were: Abners Restaurant, All-in-one Fitness Center/Big Bear Arena, Subway-Portage Avenue, Das Gift Haus, LSSU Campus Shoppe, Northern Computer Repair, and Edison Sault Electric.

The bands Wild Fate, KT Antler, and Professor Swedene played for the students at the event.

“It was our first performance without our lead guitarist and we definitely missed him. It is cool to be asked by college kids to come play for them, especially when they like how we play”, commented Wild Fate.

Professor Jason Swedene said this: “It was great to see students from all different years socializing at what many would consider the most stressful time of the semester. I am happy to have been asked by the organizers to participate in this event, which was for the good of all of us and the local food bank. I was pleased with the turnout, the sound, and the donations for those in need.”

 The turn out was more than expected according to D.J. Battistella. “We were hoping to have around 40 people, but we got over 70. We were really happy to have that many people, and excited it all went well. Each individual group (production, marketing, operations, coordination, donation) all worked together and it worked out great.”

All together they raised $42 and got over 145 cans.

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