April 8, 2009
A fundraising effort involving donators paying money to walk dogs was put on by Kappa Sigma Wednesday between the Meriam Library and Glenn Hall.
For the last few days, Kappa Sigma has put on fundraising events such as the Rent-A-Pup, which allowed people to play with a leashed dog on the grass, in an effort to raise money for the Butte Humane Society.
Participants put down their cell phone numbers, driver's licenses and student ID numbers before getting a dog to walk around, said Robert Floyd, fundraising chairman of Kappa Sigma.
Floyd helped process student information at the Kappa Sigma table Wednesday.
Floyd said he thinks that the fundraising efforts of the past week have raked in as much as $200 to $300 per day. The Rent-A-Pup effort raised $361 Wednesday.
The goal for the whole week's fundraising is more than $1000, Floyd said.
Kappa Sigma is working in conjunction with the humane society for fundraising events, Floyd said. The dogs were provided by the society.
Though the money is being raised for the society, Wednesday was the first day that volunteers from the society made an appearance at a Kappa Sigma fundraiser.
Matt Bates, volunteer and outreach coordinator of the Butte Humane Society, helped pass out flyers that urged people to vote for the society's shelter makeover, he said.
The flyers had information for how people could help the society win a $1 million shelter makeover. The voting will take place online at Zootoo.com, a pet-based social network, from Monday to April 19.
Bates said he was happy that he got the opportunity to let out some of the dogs from the shelter.
Justin Odell, junior, was seen running around a dog around the grass as the event winded down.
Odell thinks that the screening process of submitting a phone number and ID was introduced to keep people from getting carried away with the dogs, he said. He was glad that students could have so much fun with it.
Jason Hynes can be reached at jhynes@theorion.com
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