{"id":4688,"date":"2006-12-01T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2006-12-01T18:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:03:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:03:55","slug":"ama-members-walk-to-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2006\/12\/ama-members-walk-to-help-others\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA members walk to help others."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nMembers of the college\u2019s AMA chapter at the start of the Race for the Cure at Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida, on October 21, 2006<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What do the Race for the Cure and the Simon Evening of Giving have in common?<\/p>\n

A number of things: both are charitable events for good causes, both involve walking, and both benefited in 2006 thanks to the efforts of members of the college\u2019s American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter.<\/p>\n

Susan Komen Race for the Cure draws walkers of all abilities.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Susan Komen Miami\/Fort Lauderdale Race for the Cure took place on October 21, 2006, at Bayfront Park in Miami. It included a 5K Run\/Walk, a one-mile Fun Walk, and a Tot Run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe raised $400 through member donations, and fifteen of us walked in the 5K event,\u201d said Maria Glenny<\/strong>, AMA\u2019s vice president and one of the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nVanessa Ortiz<\/strong>, AMA historian<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Nancy Brinker established the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in 1982 to honor the memory of her sister, who died of breast cancer at the age of 36. The event seeks to increase public awareness about breast cancer as well as to raise money for research.<\/p>\n

Mall walk raises more money.<\/em><\/p>\n

On November 19, 2006, AMA members took their walking inside: to the Dadeland Mall, where they participated in the nationwide Simon Evening of Giving, a fun-filled fundraiser and\u00a0kickoff for the holiday shopping season. Simon Property Group, Inc., is a real estate investment trust whose Evening of Giving and Day of Giving raise money for the Simon Youth Foundation (SYF) as well as for the groups that participate.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone in our chapter sold tickets, and fifteen of us who are older than 21 attended,\u201d Glenny said. \u201cThe tickets cost $35 and enabled the ticket-holder to come to the mall between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., when it is closed to the public. The stores stay open and offer discounts, and there\u2019s free food and an open bar, plus a fashion show and live music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nCurrent members of the college’s chapter of AMA were joined by former AMA president Jennifer Weiss<\/strong> (BBA ’06)\u2014lower right\u2014along with Weiss’ niece, at the Race for the Cure.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AMA participated last year, but this year the group mounted a more focused effort, with all members required to sell tickets. The effort netted $1,155 for the cause. Seventy to eighty percent of the funds generated from each ticket goes to the group that sold it, with the rest going to the SYF, which benefits at-risk kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cAMA\u2019s involvement in community service projects such as these is part of why the chapter won the distinction of being named \u201cCollegiate Chapter of the Year\u201d at the 28th Annual International Collegiate Conference in Orlando in March, 2006,\u201d said Tim Dugan Birrittella<\/strong>, instructor, Department of Marketing, and the chapter\u2019s faculty advisor.<\/p>\n

Vice president of philanthropy, Nicole Perez<\/strong>, finds events for the group, with several related to the winter holidays on the docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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