Second Club Rush event promotes and fundraises for on-campus groups

Club Rush, a closed-campus event designed to help groups on campus to fundraise and gain new members, is scheduled to take place today at lunch in the Quad. The event is the second one of its type; it debuted in spring 2013.

At the event, any club, commission or class office will have the opportunity to sell a food or drink item and make money for their organization. Food from Chipotle, In-N-Out, CREAM, Jamba Juice and more will be sold. The Quad will be rearranged in a similar fashion to Club Day.

According to clubs commissioner senior Sherrilyn Ling, Club Rush is meant to give clubs and other groups an easy chance to fundraise.

“A lot of club officers go through the entire year without actively fundraising just because they don't have the motivation to,” Ling said. “But if we actually set aside a lunch specifically for fundraising, that should be able to make the job easier for them and increase their motivation.”

This year, ASB is adding a new ticket system in which  students will be exchanging money for tickets to buy food with, similar to an arcade where money is exchanged for tokens to play games.

Ling said the ASB will be using a ticket system this year. This way, the school can monitor the money going in and coming out of the club.

“We are using the [ticket] system because a lot of clubs organize their money without going through the school account with Ms. Ybarra at all, which is not allowed,” Ling said. “All fundraising transactions must go through the school, which is why we are forcing clubs to accept tickets. This way they will have to go through the school to exchange the tickets for actual money to go into their accounts.”

According to head commissioner senior Anshika Maheshwari, this year’s Club Rush is a lot more organized than the 2013 event was.

“[Last time], it was essentially just individuals going around campus during lunch and talking about their club rather than an official day,” Maheshwari said.

Interact Club vice president senior Josh Pi said the group plans to fundraise at the event by selling hot dogs, as well as “[spreading] awareness of our club on campus and potentially [gaining] some new members.”

“Two years ago, we sold hot dogs and sodas, and it was pretty successful,” Pi said. “We sold out, and earned a lot of profit. Interact is really excited for Club Rush, and we're hoping that it'll be a big success!”

Indian Cultural Awareness Club co-president Samir Ingle thinks that selling items at Club Rush is a good way to balance expenditures and income.

According to Ingle, ICAC plans to sell samosas in hopes of fundraising enough to compensate for some of the expenses accumulated from Bombay in the Bay. They plan to either donate more money or help pay for the club’s internal costs.