Beta brothers organize group run, fundraiser to support Boston
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a student-run campus event supporting victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
- The News-Letter reported that 200 students joined a three-mile run around Homewood, starting at the Beach, and that the event raised money for three relief organizations.
- The paper reported that about $250 in cash, excluding J-Cash, went to the Boston Children’s Hospital Boston Marathon Relief Fund.
- The article says participants signed a “Hopkins stands with Boston” banner to send to the Children’s Hospital.
- The reporter writes that Alex Skelton, Aryel Abramovitz and Tyler Barnum organized the run, while the Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Student Government Association and Beta Theta Pi hosted it.
- According to the article, Skelton said organizations helped with the event and that many people donated or supported runners along the course.
- The article adds that Boston native Lindsay Caldarone said the run gave her a way to support her hometown and that she was impressed by the turnout.