Today I attended Bide Awhile Animal Shelter's grand opening of their new and improved location. The new location is at 67 Neptune Crescent in Dartmouth.
Last year the DSU selected Bide Awhile for the charity that would receive donations from our annual Charity Ball which takes place in January at the end of our Winter Carnival. Charity Ball is our annual tradition where approximately 400 Dalhousie students buy tickets to a served dinner, dance, and live auction. Donations are given from businesses in the Halifax community, and sometimes we receive items from other locations in Canada as well. Last year's theme was a masquerade ball and in an effort to raise more funds for Bide Awhile the DSU also sold masks at the event.
The event was a sell out success and everyone who attended had a fabulous time. In total from the sale of masks and the live auction the DSU was able to raise $3,750.00 for Bide Awhile. The DSU had passed along the cheque last year after the event but today I had the opportunity to have the DSU recognized from our strong contribution to our community.
At today's event I presented a large novelty dog bone shaped cheque to the board of the shelter. There was a huge turn out of community members at the event, which included Mike Savage (the Member of Parliament) for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour. I gave a brief speech to the people at the event on how Dalhousie students are proud to be able to support their community and to get involved in philanthropy work. After my presentation I had lots of community members come up to me and say how truly proud they were of the DSU for hosting the event and for selecting Bide Awhile to donate the funds to, and also Dalhousie students for helping their community.
The event today was wonderful to be a part of and I am very proud that the DSU is able to be very active in our community.
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