Final Draft: Press Release 4

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March 19, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:Jackson Cozzens
jackcuz@gmail.com
801-649-7132(c/t)

The Peanut Butter and Japan Jam

LOGAN, Utah– Utah State University Students will be responding to the disasters in Japan by hosting the “Peanut Butter and Japan Jam,” April 2, 2011, from 7-11 p.m. in the George Nelson Fieldhouse at the USU campus, on the corner of 700 North and 800 East. Various clubs and campus organizations have come together for a night of fun, food, and awareness. Community members can help in the effort to raise $15,000 for the Japanese Red Cross by attending the event. All ages are welcome.

The “Peanut Butter and Japan Jam” is a carnival-style event that appeals to all ages. Kids will have the opportunity to play games, win prizes and take pictures with local celebrities such as the USU Basketball Team, USU Cheerleaders and Wild Bill. A silent auction will be held for adults, as well as live entertainment and performances by Velocity, the Polynesian Student Union, Anime Club and many others. The Japan Club will have their own area where people can learn about the disaster in Japan and find out what efforts are being made to help.

The Japan relief project has received a great deal of community support already. Businesses are donating a great deal of hard and soft goods to be auctioned off at the event on April, 2. Café Sabor has offered to donate 20 percent their profits over a few nights to the Japan relief project. On USU’s campus, fundraising has already begun. The Japan Club set up a booth in the library and raised over $1,000 in the first day.

Steps is a future nonprofit organization whose goals are to educate the community of families with children who are suffering with terminal diseases, unite the community through service projects and fundraisers and help relieve the financial burdens of treatments and transportation for those in need. However, Steps is still the beginning stages. For now we are simply a group of students who help market, advertise, and plan activities for causes such as the Japan relief project. We choose to make a difference.

For more information contact: Jackson Cozzens

Those wishing to contribute can make checks payable to ASUSU/Japan Club USU which can be accepted in the Student Involvement office, TSC room 326, or mailed to:
ASUSU/Japan Club USU
0105 Old Main
Logan, UT 84322-0105
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