BobcaThon Winter Break Update
Updates from the Leadership Team
Executive Board Updates
- Our First meeting of the semester is the first day of classes, Tuesday, January 16th at 8:30 PM in Baker 235.
- 5K in a day will start on January 31st at 7 PM and end on February 1st at 7 PM. We will be giving more information on that at the first meeting.
- DANCE week planning is underway, we will give you all the rundown at the first meeting and will be pulling in members from all teams to help execute the week!
- Please mark all events that you are planning for the spring on the BobcaThon Calendar (can find in the shared LT documents) by January 10th.
- Spring Retreat is the first weekend back on campus, we are so excited for what we have planned for you all and will be sharing that with you at the first meeting back.
Planning Team Updates
Fundraising:
- Fundraisers for day of and for Court Street food fundraisers are being planned. Dates for the smaller food fundraisers have been set, look for those and sign up sheets at the first meeting.
- Two community nights will be held before the dance marathon. One will take place at Eclipse and the other will take place at Sol on East State Street.
All Things Day Of:
- The Break down for day of is currently being finalized, look for a full report on that as well as generalized duties for day of from the Co-Directors at the Spring Retreat.
- Games and entertainment are currently being finalized, there are some exciting and fun things that are going to be happening for our dancers this year!
- If you need anything for during day of including, supplies and needed time slots, please reach out to the co-directors as soon as possible!
- Some of you will be asked to speak during opening and or closing ceremony, Sarah will be reaching out to those people within the first few weeks of the semester.
- Survival bags are being planned out, emails to parents on how to purchase those will be sent out within the first few weeks of the semester.
Money, Money, Money:
- As we get extremely close to Dance Marathon, be very conscious of what you are buying. Starting now, all things MUST be approved by Cody or myself before you even sign out the PCard. This is to ensure we have maximum money for day of materials.
Internal Affairs Updates
Dancing:
- Morale Captains have been working all break to perfect their dancing moves, and they almost have the complete line dance music together!
- Look forward to an exciting announcement from Sadie as to who will be helping the morale captains teach one of the line dances!
Campus Involvement:
- There will be a Greek Life Recruitment Week to help get last minute dancers signed up from different chapters. Reach out to Paige if you are interested in helping her go to different chapter meetings during that week.
- You know when people to come to the big lectures to give information on how to get involved in an organization? Well, we will be doing that! Look for more information on that from Amy in the first few weeks back.
- Make sure you are continuing to encourage members of the other organizations you are in to sign up to be a dancer!
- Look for dates of the final dancer meetings of the semester at the first meeting!
Last but not least, External Affairs Update:
Social and Graphics:
- Dancer T-shirts, LT shirts for day of and Morale Captain Shirts are currently being designed. If you need anything created for next semester, get those request into Nick ASAP!
- The plan for a day of video recap is well underway, along with social media day of and the week of DANCE Week. If you have any request for Mallory, please get those to her ASAP as well!
Families and the House:
- The family schedule for day of is being finalized, along with a family room and matching the families with a color team.
- Our next visit to the house will be Spring Retreat, really take the time at the house at that time as added motivation for the last push of the fundraising year.
Happy New Year!
That's all for this winter report! I hope you all had a great Christmas and have a safe and fun New Years. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you need anything at all!