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Belmont Student Starts New Charity
Founder Urges All Students To Donate Small Amounts
POSTED: 6:07 pm CST January 19,
2009
UPDATED: 1:01 pm CST January 20,
2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- President-elect Barack Obama is calling for all Americans to get more involved in their communities -- a call one Belmont University student has answered.
Video: Belmont U. Student Starts CharityJunior Joshua Maisner is launching a campaign he calls United for Change.At a kick-off event on Monday, students gathered their spare change, which will be donated to help children living in poverty.Maisner said that as a college student, it's hard to write a big check once a month, but if more people donate, each can give less."At a school like Belmont University, with 5,000 of us, if each of us gave $1 a week over a 20-week period, we'd be able to give $100,000," said Maisner."I have a piggy bank full of change right now, and I'm going to go cash it in and put it in my box. That's my first step," said student Nicole LeBoeuf.Maisner said he was moved to start the money drive after watching a video about needy children in Uganda. Related Link: United For Change
Video: Belmont U. Student Starts CharityJunior Joshua Maisner is launching a campaign he calls United for Change.At a kick-off event on Monday, students gathered their spare change, which will be donated to help children living in poverty.Maisner said that as a college student, it's hard to write a big check once a month, but if more people donate, each can give less."At a school like Belmont University, with 5,000 of us, if each of us gave $1 a week over a 20-week period, we'd be able to give $100,000," said Maisner."I have a piggy bank full of change right now, and I'm going to go cash it in and put it in my box. That's my first step," said student Nicole LeBoeuf.Maisner said he was moved to start the money drive after watching a video about needy children in Uganda. Related Link: United For Change Copyright 2009 by WSMV.com. All rights reserved.
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