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More than 70 people took flight on board Panther Airways the night of Nov. 18 at Biscayne Bay Campus as they participated in the third All-Nighter for the Poor. The annual event is a fundraiser initiative produced under the leadership of the Councils for a Cause, a newly created branch of the Student Alumni Association (SAA).
“We chose ‘Panther Airways’ as our theme this year because we wanted participants to remember that giving back is something FIU does globally,” said Zahra Arbabi Aski, president of SAA-Biscayne Bay Campus. “I think it’s important not just to say we’re Worlds Ahead but to be Worlds Ahead in that regard.”
The fun-filled event kicked off at 7 p.m. on Nov. 18 and ended 12 hours later. More than $3,100 – and counting – was raised to build a pangasius farm in Haiti. (Pangasius, Arbabi explains, is a type of catfish that is becoming more and more popular and widely used in the food industry.)
Those in attendance had passport-sized photos in the WUC Ballrooms taken so they could “take off” and enjoy a night full of activities. After dinner, passengers had a pajama party, played videogames and board games, did some karaoke and shared a very early breakfast.
Begona Saiz, a graduate student in social work, strikes a pose with Roary at the event.
“Everyone had a good time, and I was very pleased to see the result of the hard work we all had put into this,” said Arbabi Aski. “I was honored to have been given the opportunity to lead this event in my last year as an undergraduate at FIU.”
The event is the brainchild of Food For The Poor (FFP), the largest international relief and development organization in the United States. FFP invited universities nationwide to hold fundraisers for the fish farms. It is up to each university how they structure their event.
FIU’s goal for the All-Nighter for the Poor was to raise $5,000. There’s still time to contribute by clicking here.
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