Today we feature a guest blog post authored by Sean Donegan, a pre-med student at Cornell University and colleague of Seth Hoffman, author of last year’s Student Summer Series. Sean writes about his upcoming philanthropic venture – organizing a fundraising dinner for the DC-based nonprofit Share Our Strength. Although Share Our Strength (who has blogged for End the Neglect in the past) focuses domestically on childhood hunger in America, NTDs and hunger can be comparable in that they are both problems that affect marginalized populations. Furthermore, NTDs and hunger alike disproportionally impact children, delaying their development and adversely affecting their performance in school, which perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Read on to see what Sean and his peers are doing to help break this cycle:
By: Sean Donegan
It’s 6:00am, I’m riding a horse through the forests and farmlands of Western New York. Thirty men and women in britches and blue blazers on horseback are staring me down because my phone just went off informing me about this blogging opportunity. The Fox Hunt will proceed with me one hand typing my first blog post.
Hello, my name is Sean Donegan, I’m a Senior at Cornell University. I’m the Director of Philanthropy at my Fraternity, Alpha Gamma Rho. Through a collaboration with Seth Hoffman (last summer’s blogger), I will be helping to organize a Charity Dinner that will hopefully deliver over $5,000 to Share Our Strength.
Last spring, I hosted my first Charity Dinner through my Brotherhood that raised over $3,200 for the Congo Leadership Initiative. The collaboration was made between my Fraternity and three other Greek Houses. After meeting with Seth Hoffman, Philanthropy Chair of The Sigma Phi Society, we decided to expand the dinner to a total of seven Greek Chapters and to give the proceeds to Share Our Strength. We will be sponsored by three clothing retailers; Vineyard Vines, Southern Tide, and Life Changing Apparel. » Read more: Sharing Our Strength to End Hunger
