CAFNR raises money through softball
The funds raised from the tournament with go to Heifer International.
May 6, 2008
Junior animal sciences major Benjamin Landers reaches base safely as senior forestry major Paul Johnson fails to bring down the ball during the second College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Spring Swing Softball Tournament on Saturday at Hinkson Field. The game raised funds for Heifer International, a livestock charity.
When warmer temperatures are here to stay, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources students know it is time to play softball.
CAFNR held its second Spring Swing Softball Tournament at Hinkson Field on Saturday. The event, sponsored by the CAFNR Student Council, was open to all CAFNR students. Teams of at least five women and five men could sign up to play in the tournament for a registration fee of $40, according to the CAFNR Web site.
Last year, CAFNR raised a total of $750 from the inaugural Spring Swing Softball Tournament, according to the Web site. CAFNR donated this money to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life campaign.
This year 11 teams participated in the event, an increase from last year’s 10. Teams were composed of several CAFNR organizations, including the Agronomy Club, Horticulture Club, Forestry Club and last year’s winner, the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
This year’s victor was the team composed of Horticulture Club members. The winners received T-shirts, as well as their names engraved on a traveling trophy that will be displayed in the CAFNR Resource Room.
Agronomy Club Secretary Dara Boardman said the softball tournament brought students together.
“CAFNR Student Council does a lot of great things throughout the year to get students involved from all majors in the college, and this was one of those events,” Boardman said. “Agronomy Club had a team play last year, so we knew it was a lot of fun.”
Boardman said her team, composed of Agronomy Club members and their friends, played three games. She said during the course of the day, she became closer friends with her team members.
Several local businesses, including R&K Angus Ranch, Mosers Discount Foods and PepsiCo, donated their products to the event. Independent Aggies, a co-ed group of independent agriculture students that helps promote agriculture among youth, volunteered to cook a barbecue lunch for the players.
The CAFNR Student Council voted to donate the proceeds from the entry fees, the barbecue lunch and the T-shirt sales to Heifer International, a charity that provides livestock to the needy in underdeveloped countries, Boardman said.
“We are very happy with the charity that was chosen,” Boardman said. “It is about giving people a chance to survive and thrive, through agriculture, when they otherwise would be having trouble getting by.”
Boardman said she and her team members wanted to have a fun end of the year event, and they were especially glad to play knowing the money was going to a good cause.
The event also included a benefit concert at Trowbridge Livestock Center after the tournament concluded. Proceeds from the concert were also donated to Heifer International.
Since 1944, Heifer International has helped 8.5 million people in more than 125 countries, according to organization’s Web site. The charity’s mission is to provide families with livestock that not only supply a constant source of milk, but also a continuous means of financial support, according to the Web site.
Heifer International’s mission is to end poverty and world hunger by encouraging families to “pass on the gift,” according to the Web site. They give livestock to families under the condition that the families will share their animals’ offspring with others.
“Heifer International is a great organization that is about helping people help themselves,” Boardman said.
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