Shinerama
Shinerama is Canada's largest post-secondary fundraiser involving students at almost 60 university and college campuses across Canada, aimed at raising money for cystic fibrosis research.
Shinerama was developed in 1961 at
The success of Shinerama allowed this charitable event to grow from a small municipal shoe-shining event to becoming one of Canada's largest fundraising efforts. Shinerama currently boasts 55 universities participating in the event countrywide in this annual affair and continues to work with the
In 2006, Shinerama attracted more than 35,000 student volunteers in more than 56 Canadian cities, towns, and communities. Together, students from coast to coast shine shoes, wash cars, co-ordinate raffles and barbecues, as well as numerous other events, in support of cystic fibrosis research and care.
Shinerama has raised more than $17.5 million to support the fight against cystic fibrosis since the campaign began. In 2007, Shinerama student volunteers raised more than $985,638, a record breaking year, to help fund
Controversy
In 2008, the Carleton University Students' Association (CUSA) voted to drop their annual Shinerama fundraiser, on the alleged grounds that "cystic fibrosis has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men".
The controversy garnered attention from mainstream news media. According to the CCFF, cystic fibrosis does mainly affect Caucasians, which would also include nonwhites with ancestry from India and the Middle East, but also affects blacks and east Asians.[4] CUSA later announced plans to revisit their decision.
External links
See also
- Cystic fibrosis
- Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Notes
- ^ Cote, Kris: "THe Cord History: The tie that's bound WLU for 80 years", page 11. Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publication, 2006.
- ^ Orientation Week features Shinerama to raise funds for CCFF - News Archived 2013-02-15 at archive.today
- ^ "CCFF: About the foundation: Shinerama". Archived from the original on 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ "Students drop Shinerama fundraiser for illness targeting Caucasians | CBC News".