{"id":60140,"date":"2019-09-30T16:28:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=60140"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:17:35","slug":"shinerama-raises-29000","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/shinerama-raises-29000\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Annual Shinerama Raises $29,000 for Cystic Fibrosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton\u2019s Annual Shinerama Raises $29,000 for Cystic Fibrosis\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton\u2019s Shinerama<\/a> campaign handed Cystic Fibrosis Canada<\/a> (CFC) a cheque for $29,000 at the Ottawa Redblacks football game on Sept. 28, 2019. The campaign has raised $158,000 over four years for CFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the funds go to towards CFC research projects and fellowships, patient care and supporting awareness and advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Carleton\u2019s Fall Orientation<\/a> program, the university had approximately 400 students fundraise for the fatal genetic disease on Shine Day\u2013 the primary fundraising event during the campaign. On Shine Day alone, students raised $4,000 by visiting participating business throughout Ottawa and collecting contributions from patrons and those passing by. Students also shared information on cystic fibrosis (CF) and educated the public about Shinerama and the work Carleton does to support this important cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Shine Day, Carleton participated in events such as Spring into Shine, where members of the Carleton community donated items for a giant campus garage sale that raised $3,000. There was also a Bluesfest ticket raffle which raised $1,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhat stands out for me, especially as a former Carleton student, is the commitment of students to being engaged in this program beyond Fall Orientation,\u201d said Dwaine Taylor, student development and community outreach co-ordinator at Carleton\u2019s Student Experience Office<\/a>. \u201cStudents worked diligently throughout the entire summer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Shires, in her fourth year of Cognitive Science, was responsible for running the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor Shine Day this year, we had 18 local business involved,\u201d said Shires. \u201cWe also collaborated with community organizations, including the Great Glebe Garage Sale, Escape Manor and Escapade Music Festival. We were part of the festival\u2019s Green Team and we collected more than 10,000 cans, raising more than $1,000. It was great working with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shires decided to emphasize education as a way to help motivate everyone involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had some high goals based on the past success of Shinerama,\u201d said Shires. \u201cThis year I focused on making sure everyone understood why we were doing this. It isn\u2019t just because other universities are doing it or that we have always done this. We do this because it is such an important cause and our efforts make a real impact. The campaign benefits a number of people on campus whose lives have been impacted by CF.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CF is a common fatal genetic disease that affects children and young adults. There is no cure and it is estimated that one in every 3,600 children born in Canada has this debilitating disease. CF mainly affects the digestive system and lungs. In the majority of cases, persistent and ongoing infection in the lungs leads to death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carleton\u2019s Shinerama campaign handed Cystic Fibrosis Canada (CFC) a cheque for $29,000 at the Ottawa Redblacks football game on Sept. 28, 2019. The campaign has raised $158,000 over four years for CFC. All the funds go to towards CFC research projects and fellowships, patient care and supporting awareness and advocacy. During Carleton\u2019s Fall Orientation program, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":60145,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_story_type":[28,25],"cu_story_tag":[],"class_list":["post-60140","cu_story","type-cu_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_story_type-community-partnerships","cu_story_type-student-experience"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"blueprint"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/60140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/60140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98429,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/60140\/revisions\/98429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_story_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_type?post=60140"},{"taxonomy":"cu_story_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_tag?post=60140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}