Under the festive theme of Venice Carnival, the student-run Challenge for Charity’s annual C4C Casino Night raised more than $20,000 for its selected charities, Special Olympics, Junior Achievement and Project ECHO. It’s a record for C4C’s biggest social event of the year, which raised $9,000 last year and clearly exceeded this year’s goal of $15,000.
Held at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, the fundraiser featured real casino games dealt by favorite Anderson professors and staff, a date auction, a silent auction (with a signed shirt from David Hasselhoff!), live DJs, open bar, dancing and photo booth.
“Even though the chips had no monetary value,” blogged C4C member Zafeer Khan, “students enjoyed playing to win big and get more tickets for the raffle.”
Visit C4C’s blog, Flickr album and Facebook page to check out photos from the event.
This looks like it was so much fun! I love the photography. Everyone looks so happy! Good times for a good cause. Great idea. Congratulations on the successful event!
Posted by: Tom Sapp | 02/21/2015 at 05:42 PM