RIC auctions students for charity
Jordain Carney
Issue date: 4/22/09 Section: News
The UA Residents' Interhall Congress is sponsoring the "Feed the Sexy" auction event Wednesday night to help a local nonprofit organization.
Feed the Sexy is a date auction that will start at 6 p.m. in Pomfret Honors Quarters' Great Room. The RIC will auction off 16 students, eight boys and eight girls, through a points system made up of various donations.
Students will be able to "win a dinner date with donation points," according to the Feed the Sexy flier. Bidders can donate clothing items for 10 points, canned food for anywhere from two to six points, and money, with $1 earning a student five points.
They will then use their donation points to bid for students being auctioned off as dinner dates. The auction will last until 8 p.m. with all of the donations going to LifeSource International.
"We are proud to accept the donation from the Resident s' Interhall Congress," said Cecilia Smith, a representative of LifeSource International in Fayetteville. She said the donation would "go to helping families in financial distress."
LifeSource International is going on its eighth year in south Fayetteville and provides health services as well as after-school care and summer camps for kids, and free family and individual counseling. Smith also stressed they would be glad to accept volunteers from the university.
After the auction ends at 8 p.m., the event moves to Grubs Bar and Grille, located at 220 N. West Ave., where the bidders who won at the auction and their dates will get their dinner for free. The event will last at Grubs Bar and Grille until 11 p.m.
"Feed the Sexy is a wonderfully multifaceted event," RIC President Steve Clement said. "It offers a fun night for the bidders, the people being auctioned off and LifeSource International, our beneficiary. This is our final program of the year, and we plan on going out with a bang."
"My biggest fear is that I'll be the one guy that nobody bids on," said Johnny Biggs, RIC member. He said that he liked the event because students step out of their comfort zone and have a great time.
"I'm sure it will be fun, though, and it's an honor to sacrifice a little for such a great cause," Biggs said. Even though he said that no one was particularly comfortable with putting themselves up for action, "it takes guts and it takes courage."
This is the second year for the RIC to sponsor the Feed the Sexy event. Interviews for participants in the Feed the Sexy event were April 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Arkansas Union. Last year, the event was hosted at the UARK Bowl on Dickson Street.
Over the past academic year, the RIC has hosted events including Casino Night, cookouts on the Humphreys lawn and Razorback Idol, whose winner will perform this Friday at Friday Night Live.
Feed the Sexy is a date auction that will start at 6 p.m. in Pomfret Honors Quarters' Great Room. The RIC will auction off 16 students, eight boys and eight girls, through a points system made up of various donations.
Students will be able to "win a dinner date with donation points," according to the Feed the Sexy flier. Bidders can donate clothing items for 10 points, canned food for anywhere from two to six points, and money, with $1 earning a student five points.
They will then use their donation points to bid for students being auctioned off as dinner dates. The auction will last until 8 p.m. with all of the donations going to LifeSource International.
"We are proud to accept the donation from the Resident s' Interhall Congress," said Cecilia Smith, a representative of LifeSource International in Fayetteville. She said the donation would "go to helping families in financial distress."
LifeSource International is going on its eighth year in south Fayetteville and provides health services as well as after-school care and summer camps for kids, and free family and individual counseling. Smith also stressed they would be glad to accept volunteers from the university.
After the auction ends at 8 p.m., the event moves to Grubs Bar and Grille, located at 220 N. West Ave., where the bidders who won at the auction and their dates will get their dinner for free. The event will last at Grubs Bar and Grille until 11 p.m.
"Feed the Sexy is a wonderfully multifaceted event," RIC President Steve Clement said. "It offers a fun night for the bidders, the people being auctioned off and LifeSource International, our beneficiary. This is our final program of the year, and we plan on going out with a bang."
"My biggest fear is that I'll be the one guy that nobody bids on," said Johnny Biggs, RIC member. He said that he liked the event because students step out of their comfort zone and have a great time.
"I'm sure it will be fun, though, and it's an honor to sacrifice a little for such a great cause," Biggs said. Even though he said that no one was particularly comfortable with putting themselves up for action, "it takes guts and it takes courage."
This is the second year for the RIC to sponsor the Feed the Sexy event. Interviews for participants in the Feed the Sexy event were April 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Arkansas Union. Last year, the event was hosted at the UARK Bowl on Dickson Street.
Over the past academic year, the RIC has hosted events including Casino Night, cookouts on the Humphreys lawn and Razorback Idol, whose winner will perform this Friday at Friday Night Live.
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