Weekend Edition December 5th-8th

Today, Thursday December 5^th, stop by the Alumni Lounges at 9pm for Project Linus Card and Blanket Making hosted by the College Programming Board! Project Linus is an organization that distributes homemade blankets to ill or traumatized children. Students will have the opportunity to customize a blanket and make a card to accompany it, and everything made will go to this wonderful cause. Come by and lend a helping hand to a child in need for the holiday season!

Friday, December 6^th, the College Programming Board is hosting a Just Dance Competition in Friends Hall at 9pm as part of Ramathon which will take place from 6pm-2am in the Pavilion.  Ramathon is Ramapo College’s Dance Marathon where students dance for 8 hours for the kids! The Champion Children will share their stories, dance, and interact with everyone. They are celebrating their year-long fundraising efforts for Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Jersey. At this event Ramathon will reveal their total raised! Register at ramathon.kintera.org and there is a $30 minimum to get into the event along with your $10 registration fee. Come be a part of this incredible fundraising effort!

Saturday, December 7^th, the Civic and Community Engagement Center will be holding its weekly volunteer trip to Teaneck, NJ at 9am. Students will be tutoring kids in grades K-12. They will be focusing on subjects like Math, Language Arts, and Arts and Crafts but no tutoring experience is required, so any one is welcome to come! This is a great opportunity for people looking for a volunteer experience or for those pursuing a teacher education certificate. At 1pm, the Women’s Basketball team will play Montclair State University and at 2pm the Men and Women’s Swimming teams will compete against the College of Staten Island. Later at 3pm, the Men’s Basketball team will also play Montclair State University. Spend the afternoon cheering on Ramapo’s Roadrunners! Then have a relaxing end to your day with the College Programming Board’s Stress Buster at 7pm in the Alumni Lounges. Come with friends and de-stress before finals with massage chairs, facials, hot stone therapy and much more! There will also be healthy snacks and a smoothie bar!

For more information about what’s going on around campus, check out the In the Loop page or the This Week in Ramapo video.

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