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Five in five

- February 1, 2010

Update

(Bruce Bottomley Photo)

Camille Outerbridge andĢżOro Tobore were among the dozens of volunteers who collected donations for 5-in-5, a fundraiser that aimed to collect $5,000 for Haiti disaster relief in five minutes.

Although falling short of the goal, organizer Selina Cajolais was delighted to raise more than $1,800 among the people who work and learn in the Rowe Management Building.

"We wanted to show people that it doesn't take a lot of time or a lot of money from any one person to make a huge difference in the lives of others," says Ms. Cajolais, a part-time management student.

Ms. Cajolais: ā€œIt may be just $5 or your coffee money, but it shows that, wow, together we can make a big difference.ā€(Bruce Bottomley Photo)

A few weeks ago, Selina Cajolais woke up in the middle of the night with the words ā€œfive in fiveā€ racing around her brain.
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A part-time management student and Dal staffer, she puzzled out the meaning of the words and decided she would raise $5,000 to a worthy cause in five minutes. It wouldnā€™t be until the next day, however, when word that an earthquake had devastated Haiti, that she discovered her cause. Haiti, obviously. The Canadian Red Cross, specifically.
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ā€œI donā€™t think I got back to sleep that night,ā€ says Ms. Cajolais, the single mother of a 10-year-old girl. ā€œI just stayed there and tried to figure it all out.ā€
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Five-in-five takes place Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 11:20 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. On all five floors of the Rowe Building, volunteers will be standing by to collect donations. The goal is to raise $5,000.
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ā€œThe idea is that people will come out of the classrooms or their offices, drop their money in the bucket and theyā€™re done,ā€ says Ms. Cajolais, administrative secretary in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. ā€œIt may be just $5 or your coffee money, but it shows that, wow, together we can make a big difference.ā€
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A student in Professor Ed Leachā€™s Management Organizational Issues class (MGMT 1001), she credits/blames Dr. Leach for her insomnia.
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ā€œHeā€™s so encouraging and he makes you think,ā€ she says, with a laugh. She sends out thanks to her classmates who are helping her out.