IASA wins Change for Change fall competition
Ashley Diersch
Issue date: 1/17/06 Section: Student Life
This semester the University of Michigan- Dearborn became the first commuter campus to create a "Change for Change" program.
Nazneen Uddin and Sana Kazi created this program after seeing how successful it was on other campuses.
Uddin, a junior, said that she was scared of starting Change for Change.
"The idea might not work at UM-D because we are the first commuter campus to establish a Change for Change chapter; however, our first semester has really proved my initial feeling wrong. It really proved to me that UM-D students still believe in making a difference in the community."
Change for Change, based on giving primarily loose change, is the first large scale charitable-giving mechanism for college students. The UM-D Change for Change is a local chapter of a National Change for Change organization.Â
Currently, there are five other college chapters located at University of Pennsylvania, Amherst College, Holy Cross, Michigan State and Emory University.
The National Change for Change is responsible for overseeing and supporting the individual chapters while maintaining an independent feeling of letting them do much of the coordinating of the drives. One aspect of this organization that sets it apart from many others is that the students involved get to select where they would like to send the money to.
This notion is even supported by the National Mission Statement, "Every day college students around the country throw thousands of dollars worth of loose change into cups or drawers, between couch cushions and onto floors. These same students complain that the kind of change they hope for in their community never occurs."
In short, Uddin says that Change for Change is more about "philanthropic giving among the college community, no matter how big or small the contribution."
They also do not stop with just the monetary donation. Uddin went on to say that she "hopes to follow up with the organization(s) whom the money was given to by volunteering with them." This would allow the students that are donating to be more able to see what they were able to contribute to each organization.
Nazneen Uddin and Sana Kazi created this program after seeing how successful it was on other campuses.
Uddin, a junior, said that she was scared of starting Change for Change.
"The idea might not work at UM-D because we are the first commuter campus to establish a Change for Change chapter; however, our first semester has really proved my initial feeling wrong. It really proved to me that UM-D students still believe in making a difference in the community."
Change for Change, based on giving primarily loose change, is the first large scale charitable-giving mechanism for college students. The UM-D Change for Change is a local chapter of a National Change for Change organization.Â
Currently, there are five other college chapters located at University of Pennsylvania, Amherst College, Holy Cross, Michigan State and Emory University.
The National Change for Change is responsible for overseeing and supporting the individual chapters while maintaining an independent feeling of letting them do much of the coordinating of the drives. One aspect of this organization that sets it apart from many others is that the students involved get to select where they would like to send the money to.
This notion is even supported by the National Mission Statement, "Every day college students around the country throw thousands of dollars worth of loose change into cups or drawers, between couch cushions and onto floors. These same students complain that the kind of change they hope for in their community never occurs."
In short, Uddin says that Change for Change is more about "philanthropic giving among the college community, no matter how big or small the contribution."
They also do not stop with just the monetary donation. Uddin went on to say that she "hopes to follow up with the organization(s) whom the money was given to by volunteering with them." This would allow the students that are donating to be more able to see what they were able to contribute to each organization.