Balloon Race Scholarship
Committee
The Balloon Race Scholarship Committee would like to thank
the campus community for their support in the purchase of our
pins
and tickets that enable the Balloon Race Scholarship Committee
to award our 2 yearly scholarships.
The University Balloon Race Scholarship Committee has been in
existence since 1986, has awarded scholarship funds since the early
1990's and distributed a total of $2, 000 in scholarships to students
each year since 1999. The committee exists solely to raise the
money to award two scholarships a year,
one
to an
undergraduate
student
and one to a graduate student.
Each year the committee designs a new
balloon pin and secures
raffle prizes from the community. Also, the committee raffles six
balloon rides in the University’s sponsored balloon.
In addition to selling pins and raffle tickets prior to the race,
the committee also supports a hospitality tent advertising the
university and sells pins the day of the Race. Often our scholarship
recipients donate their time at the hospitality tent taking donations
for pins and talking about the university.
On Race weekend, all committee members can participate as much
as possible by crewing for the university balloon and helping at
the hospitality tent.
The Balloon
Race Scholarship Committee wishes to thank Athletic Director
Cary Groth and Intercollegiate Athletics for
their very generous donation of two round trip airline
tickets riding with the team, ground transportion in
Las Vegas, and hotel accommodations for Friday
night September 26, 2008, and two tickets to the UNR
vs. UNLV football game in Las Vegas, Nevada,
on
Saturday, September 27, 2008.
For
more information click here.
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Committee Opportunities
All
committee members have the opportunity to serve on one or more sub-committees
(described below), help design the year’s pin, sell pins and
tickets, participate in Great Reno Balloon Race Events (eg., pilot
party, crewing for the University sponsored balloon, staffing the
balloon pin display at the hospitality tent on event days), and participate
in
committee pot-luck dinner for pilot.
Sub-Committees
Scholarship: This sub-committee reviews applications for eligibility
and selects 2 recipients for awards.
Pins/Tickets: This sub-committee distributes pins and tickets
to sellers, keeps accounting of how many sold, collects monies,
and sells pins and tickets.
Raffle: This sub-committee solicits raffle prizes from area companies
and other donors, and sends letters for requests. Also holds raffle
Wednesday before the GRBR and sends thank you’s and certificates
to donors. Delivers and raffle prizes not claimed at raffle.
Publicity: This sub-committee advertises the committee, recipients
and pins/raffles through Nevada News, flyers, etc.
Pilot’s Party: This sub-committee organizes the pot-luck
pilot party – secures location, food list of committee, pilot
gift and decorations.
Hospitality Tent: This sub-committee sets up
the University reserved booth each race day, secures enough food
and drink from committee members
for race days, staffs booth and pin display, and gives out any
scholarship information at race days.
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