NSU’s Cozy Corners will celebrate its third annual Kick-a-thon fundraiser on Feb. 26 during the half-time show of the last men’s home basketball game against the Florida Institute of Technology Panthers.
Cozy Corners, a student organization, is raising $1,500 to redecorate the bedroom of a child who has been on an extended stay at Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital for cancer treatment. NSU clubs and organizations can sponsor an item of their choice for the room. Once they have raised the amount of money they committed to, one representative from each group will be eligible to participate in the Kick-a-thon, performing 100 kicks with the Sharkettes, NSU’s dance team.
So far, Alpha Kappa Psi, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma and the Pre-Medical Society have committed to sponsoring items.
Because Cozy Corners redecorated a young boy’s room last semester, they plan on redecorating a young girl’s room in March.
Cozy Corners Co-founder and President Gabriela Teixeira, junior biology major, said, “It’ll be a lot of fun. We’re trying to raise a sense of community service with all the clubs getting involved.”
For the first time, Cozy Corners will host a dinner before the kick-a-thon to celebrate the success of its fundraising efforts and to thank the community for its support. The dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Don Taft University
Center Pit. The families of the children whose rooms were decorated in the past will also attend and speak about their experiences with Cozy Corners. The dinner will be catered by Mai Kai, a Polynesian restaurant in Fort
Lauderdale, and is open to anyone who wants to attend.
Delta Phi Epsilon member Bansi Savla, sophomore biology major, said that the Kick-a-thon is a way for the sorority to connect with other student organizations and raise money for a meaningful cause.
“We are reaching out to the community in any way we can, which makes us stronger, not only as individual women, but as a sisterhood,” she said.
For more information or to commit to sponsoring an item for a redecorated bedroom, contact Teixeira at gt254@nova.edu or visit the Cozy Corners OrgSync page at orgsync.com/46469/chapter.
