4D Club: dinner, drinks, discussion, and donations
Donation protected
My goal is to have a bit of fun with friends while raising funds for Central Washington University's (CWU) students. The plan is to meet 3x per year for dinner, drinks, donations, and discussion (and networking, but that doesn't start with a "d") - and raise a bit of money to help CWU's students.
You might be wondering "Money for what?" The first dinner was held on 8/22/23, and we raised $1300 for the CWU Wildcat Pantry - a food bank for students. Our record for a dinner is a little over $2k. Future dinners will support different funds, all of which support CWU students. For a complete list of what we've done, scroll to the bottom.
Dinners are hosted at the Red Pickle. They've offered to donate a percentage of that night's profits. Thanks, Mario and Ale! I'll get an email invite out to friends a few weeks before each dinner.
2024/2025 dinners will be Tuesdays October 1, February 4, and June 3: 5:00 - 7:00 at the Red Pickle. The February 4 dinner will support the CWU Friends of the Brooks Library fund (which funds books for students and other things that ultimately benefit our students). https://www.brooksfol.org/
The mechanics: GoFundMe collects the funds and takes a small cut. From there, after each dinner, I will download the donations and write a check dedicated to whichever charity we're supporting at that time.
Keep in mind that you don't have to join us for dinner to donate, you can push the donate button at will! :)
Past dinners:
- 8/22/23. At the Red Pickle. Fundraising for the Wildcat Pantry. 24 Attendees, 18 donors, $1300 raised.
- 11/7/23. At the Red Pickle. Fundraising for the CWU Cap and Gown Fund. 11 Attendees, 13 Donors. $815 raised.
- 2/6/24. At the Red Pickle. Fundraising for the Kittitas Audubon Society Scholarship Fund. 12 Attendees, 17 Donors. $1328 raised.
- 5/7/24. At the Red Pickle. Fundraising for the Douglas Honors College emergency assistance fund. 19 attendees, 6 donors. $443 raised.
- 10/1/24. At the Red Pickle. Fundraising for the CWU Wildcat Pantry. ~20 attendees, 16 donors, $2057.37 raised. Our record so far!!
Organizer
Robert Hickey
Organizer
Ellensburg, WA