PR students to make a buzz for local charity

Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2015

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Expect our PR students to be busy as bees, and the campus to be buzzing with excitement next term – after hearing presentations from nine groups of their peers pitching on behalf of charities, Algonquin College public relations students have made a beeline for LiveWorkPlay. They will be fundraising for this important community agency through their annual charity fundraiser in the winter 2016 term.

“LiveWorkPlay is an Ottawa-based charity that works with individuals living with intellectual disabilities. Their goal is to help their members gain independence. They achieve this through assisting them with employment, housing, and arranging social events for members to attend,” said Rachel McWhinnie, a public relations student who pitched LiveWorkPlay to her classmates (just call her ‘Queen Bee’). “LiveWorkPlay is all about inclusion over segregation. We are excited to reflect that in our campaign.”

The Algonquin College public relations students will be hosting multiple events, starting in March, to raise funds and awareness for LiveWorkPlay. Last year’s campaign raised more than $26,000 for the John Howard Society. And if you’ll let us wax nostalgic for a moment, over the 27 years of the program public relations students have raised more than $300,000 for 27 different charities (and isn’t that sweet!).

“All of the charities pitched were deserving, and we would have been happy to work with any of them. We are very excited to come together next semester and work with one goal in mind. Everyone is buzzing to work with LiveWorkPlay,” said McWhinnie.

Public relations students have been pitching their charities throughout the month of November. In total, nine charities were originally proposed, and the program has worked with many of the region’s largest and smallest charities, such as the Royal Ottawa Hospital, CHEO, and the Valerie’s Flutter Foundation (apparently our PR students have a thing for bugs…but whatever you do, don’t buzz off as there are plenty of events to come and our students will be looking for your support!)

Here’s a glimpse of how things went down on (in chronological order)…


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