Russ Engineering Center | Photo by Diana Jaber | The Wright State Guardian
Engineers Without Borders is a committee of engineering students determined to make change. Last week, the organization held a bake sale to raise funds for its national and international projects.
The sale
The bake sale took place from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28 in the lobby of the Russ Engineering Center.
Diana Johnson, public relations officer for the organization, expressed EWB’s idea behind the choice of location for the bake sale.
“We chose the location because the Russ Lobby gets a lot of traffic, especially during the middle of the day. Everyone comes out of class, and I know I get hungry around that time,” Johnson explained.
The bake sale included store bought items as well as freshly baked homemade goods from various members of EWB.
“We are selling baked goods baked by our members. We have some that are store bought and some that are homemade, and we’re selling it to raise funds for our projects,” fundraising chair Rachel Aelballentine said.
President Alexis Lemiuex voiced the motivations for the week-long bake sale.
“Rather than having it be only one day, it was a matter of making more funds for the club to be able to fund our international project that we are currently working on,” Lemieux said.
Lemieux also expressed EWB’s satisfaction with the outcome of the bake sale.
“Based on the last 3 days, it seems it has [met expectations], we didn’t really have a ceiling on how much we wanted to make, but just from the profit from the last three days, we’ve definitely made enough to where we feel satisfied,” Lemieux said.
Engineers Without Borders
Aelballentine explained some national and international projects that EWB is currently producing.
“For local projects, we designed an observation deck to be built at Russ Nature Reserve in Beavercreek, and then for our international projects, they’re finishing up building hand washing stations in Uganda,” Aelballentine said.
EWB took a trip to Uganda last summer for an assessment of its project and are planning another trip next summer, according to Aelballentine.
There are various other EWB events that students may attend as well.
“We have bingo night on Nov. 10, which is in the Student Union, but we’ll have some food and a fun time to hangout and meet people. Next semester, we will have our annual fundraising dinner in March,” Johnson said.
For more information on EWB, students can contact the organization by email or through Lemioux’s email address.
