Pre-Med AMSA - Cure for the Cold 2009

Cure for the Cold is a campaign designed to raise awareness of issues facing the homeless. This event will provide the community with a unique opportunity to provide aid to fellow community members.

Utah’s homeless population is over 15,000 and rising. Over 4,000 people will spend their nights in the cold this winter. Now YOU can do something to help!

Clothing, Food, and Monetary donations are being collected in various donation boxes around the University of Utah campus and on the Day of Event. All donations large and small will be greatly appreciated.

Friday December 4th, 2009

President’s Circle, University of Utah Campus

2:00pm-2:00am

Camp out and collect with us!

Monetary donations accepted at your local

University Credit Union: account name- Cure for the Cold

Proceeds will go to benefit:

4^th Street Homeless Clinic

Volunteers of America Outreach Program

The Road Home

Schedule of Events:

December 1^st 3:30 pm- Donation Bag Dispersal

Meet in front of the west entrance of the library- you will be given bags, a route map, a partner to go with you, and hot chocolate! Invite your friends! Come for fun, hot chocolate, and to be a part of helping those who need it most.

December 4^th-5^th 2:00pm-2:00am- Cure for the Cold

We will be collecting clothing, food, and money at the bottom of President’s Circle all day and into the night. Come have fun, help out, donate, and “spend one night in the cold for those who will spend many.”

2:00pm-3:00pm: Box pick-up from campus sites

3:30pm: Allen Ainsworth- Director of the 4^th Street Homeless Clinic will be coming to speak to us about homelessness in Utah and what WE can do about it.

4:00pm~6:00pm: Donation pick up from houses in the area where bags were dispersed.

6:00pm-1:00am: Music, Hot Chocolate, Donation Collection and Organization

1:30am: Donation drop off at The Road Home