Baahhhh! (That’s goat for hello.) I hope you have been noticing the increase in goats around campus and you may have been wondering what’s that all about? Don’t worry, the Engineering Society has not developed a weird goat fetish… its actually our charity initiative this term! We are raising money for the Free the Children Goat Campaign by buying goats for families in developing countries. Goats provide a source of livelihood for families and are used for their meat, milk and in trade. It is a way to develop a sustainable income and to provide independence for the family. This past week, we had our Change for Change charity drive and raised the absolutely ridiculous amount of $800!!! I want to thank everyone so much who donated their change to the cause and for coming out to TalEng to see the EngSoc Executive get milk dumped on their head! A special shout-out goes to the 2015 Nano’s for raising the most money as a class and all the 2016’s for being the year to raise the most! To give you a goat/dollars breakdown: 1 goat=$50 so if we integrate that and carry the two $800=16 GOATS! That’s a whole lotta goats! Keep updated on our progress from other charity events (pancakes, purpling, bottle drives and BBQ’s) on our goatmometer (goat thermometer) outside the Orifice!
On a less-goat related note, the campus was recently invaded by over ONE THOUSAND 2018’s (that’s right 2018’s!! feel old yet?) for May Open House! The Engineering faculty put on a great display of spirit and pride with over 150 volunteers making this event possible. This was also the first year in a very long time that the focus of the event was in CPH highlighting POETS, the C&D, the Orifice and Novelties. As well, we had a more diverse student representation than ever with over eight different student groups setting up booths in addition to all of the amazing engineering ambassadors giving tours. I would like to give a HUGE thank you the representatives from EngPlay, EngFoc, Engineers Without Borders, Iron Warrior, Women in Engineering, the Waterloo Engineering Competition, and the Engineering Jazz Band who came out and represented their groups! I hope that this starts a tradition of more student involvement in promoting all the amazing things Waterloo has to offer and that we make Fall and March break open house even better!
If you made it all the way through my article; congratulations and thank you! As a goat hello is the same as a good goodbye I bid you Baahhh!
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