Employees raise money for United Way

Posted: Monday, June 10, 2013 10:59 pm

Employees raise money for United Way

By SBCISD Staff

Valley Morning Star

San Benito CISD John F. Barron Administration Building and Parental Involvement Program staff recently held a “White Elephant Sale” fundraiser, with proceeds to benefit the United Way of Northern Cameron County.

The staff-sponsor spring fundraiser netted $641. A similar event this past October raised $476. The total of $1,117 collected will be presented to United Way representatives.

Coordinated by the staff of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the white elephant sale allowed participants to competitively bid on more than 120 items that had been donated by school district employees.

Prized items included custom-made jewelry, kitchen and home décor items, purses, perfume sets and exercise equipment. Sold for 50 cents a piece, bidding tickets represented one opportunity to win each of the available items.

The fundraiser emphasizes the importance of donating to charitable organizations that help individuals or select groups throughout the local community. As San Benito CISD Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Celeste Sanchez explains, “We give to help others in need, and we do it with great respect and love for our community.”

The goal of the United Way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

Event coordinators and participants enthusiastically fundraised for a worthy cause, enjoying moments of fun and camaraderie in the process.

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“I’ve seen quite a few security around and everyone looks like they’re having a good time,” said festival-goer Mary Gaddis.

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Any threat could turn their finances upside down.

Earlier this week the event was threatened by a disgruntled Denver Vinson who posted on Facebook that he was going to bomb the beloved festival.

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Security measures were taken this weekend to make sure there was no drama.

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“I have 42 moonlight guards and then Riverside has their additional posted patrols as well,” said Scott Bistrek, St. Helen’s security.

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When it comes the event experience, in most cases, attending the actual event is the most enjoyable part of the process. Washington-based startup Tixelated is trying to change that with their planning and crowdfunding platform for events, which aims to enhance the social experience of events from start to finish. The web-based platform, which is targeted primarily to college students, is currently gearing up for a large public launch just in time for the school year.

“I’ve been an entrepreneur my whole life, and I’ve mostly been involved in the event space,” Tixelated co-founded Philippe Chetrit said in an interview. “What I noticed is that there’s nothing really wrong with events, but how we get invited, get tickets, and fund events needed to change. I really wanted to disrupt that space and build something original.”

Tixelated is currently aiming their platform at college kids looking for an alternative way to organize and fund events and parties. The platform gives event organizers two ways to fund their events: a goal-based fundraiser, which allows event planners to raise money for events by crowdfunding for a seven-day period; and a donation-based fundraiser, which allows guests to chip in money to events, without requiring guests to hit a certain funding goal. Tixelated charges a 5 percent fee for both funding methods, charging $0.25 for every $5.00 donation to both the host and the guest. For the crowdfunding method, Tixelated only charges guests for donations if the goal amount is raised and then transfers the funds to hosts via PayPal or Dwolla.

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While Facebook is a major competitor with its built-in events feature, and Eventbrite and Meetup are other popular alternatives for hosting events, Tixelated is hoping to stand out by specifically focusing on students. “With Facebook it’s pretty vague as to who they’re targeting. Kids might think it’s too public or informal, and there’s no way to collect money,” Chetrit said. Tixelated is planning to offer more social features and bring gamification to the platform in the future. Chetir said one other major form of competition comes from hosts collecting money from guests at the door of events, but he said Tixelated is offering a different experience than this approach. “We’re adding value back into the events by making the entire process much more social from the time the invitation goes out.”

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With students already turning to Facebook to organize events, the company’s biggest challenge will be convincing students they should use Tixelated to organize their events, rather than just showing up to parties with cash or using existing online event platforms. Tixelated also doesn’t say exactly what might happen if a party gets funded but the organizer doesn’t come through after collecting the cash, and even notes specifically in its terms that it doesn’t screen Tixelated users.

With other companies attempting the “Kickstarter for events” model though, including Zokos for dinner parties, the crowdfunding model should gain more popularity, and since it gives hosts an out if their goal isn’t reached, it could be attractive to starving students.