JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF COMPETITION, VICTORY, AND FIGHTING POVERTY.

Hey, you know what’s cool? Capture the Flag.

What’s cooler? Capture the Flag. At night. Campuswide.

This Friday, we’re splitting into two teams and battling it out on campus. Let’s see who steals whose flag first!

EVENT DETAILS

WHEN: Friday, October 23
TIME: 8 - 10 pm
MEET: 179 Dwinelle. It begins!
WHERE: Campus-wide… it’s going to be wicked cool.
DONATIONS sliding scale of $3-5. Remember - the more we raise, the more lives we can change! :]
MORE INFO: Facebook or Email

**All proceeds will go towards Cal Rotaract’s Microcredit Committee. Learn more about the cause below!**

WHAT’S MICROCREDIT? WHY SHOULD I CARE?

+ 840 million people in the world don’t get enough to eat. That’s one of every seven people.

+ An estimated 2.1 billion people in the world live on less than $2 per day.

+ 880 million live on less than $1 a day.

+ Due to preventable poverty, disease, and hunger, 26,000 children perish every day.

First and foremost, microcredit is something real YOU can do to change this.

Microcredit is the lending of small loans to unemployed entrepreneurs in third world countries who do not have access to collateral or verifiable financial history. With these small loans, entrepreneurs can purchase enterprise and capital to start up or enhance their own businesses.

Translation? We change lives by 1. providing opportunities where there currently aren’t any; and 2. allowing people to make a difference & sustain that difference on their own!

Some call it THE GIRL EFFECT.

DONATING TO MICROCREDIT

For this great event, we ask that you only donate $3-5 (a sliding scale - meaning you choose what you want to donate).

But we also encourage that you read the facts above and see that this is a real way to make a difference: ask your friends, floormates, & classmates for $1 to go to this great cause, and bring that on Friday.

As much as this event is about raising funds for a good cause, it’s also about spreading the word and raising awareness. Get the word out about poverty. Share these numbers. Make a difference. Encourage others to do the same.

We appreciate it. As do the beneficiaries of this project!

QUESTIONS?

Email all questions and suggestions to Chairs Steven & Cynthia at microcredit@calrotaract.org.