X-Change It
X-Change It @ American College of Thessaloniki | 14.05.15
Have any old clothes, books, toys, CDs, decorations or any other items that you would wish to donate for a good cause? Then, join our social exchange charity event at ACT campus on May 14, from 13.00 to 17.00. By donating one or more items (as many as you wish), you will immediately become a participant in our social exchange research. The aim of this event is to bring students of different nationalities together and celebrate cultural differences while informing them about EnjoyThessaloniki.com
Some of us can afford to buy new commodities every year and replace them by shoving our old clothes or any other commodities somewhere on the basement. Not all of us are as fortunate though; there are people living in Greece who lack some of the main basic commodities. Our aim is to help them by donating our used items to ARSIS (a NGO helping young minorities who lack basic needs and are marginalized). So, let’s find some time to go through our boxes of unused goods and think again if somebody out there will need it.
Another perspective of our event is cultural exchange; sharing our commodities and our compassion with the community we belong to. We are going to do this through engaging you to bring at least ONE item and take ONE item from the our “charity rack” that will be placed outside cafeteria on the day of the event. Through this “exchange of goods” we will ask you to fill our questionnaires while raising awareness for the existence of our NGO (Enjoy Thessaloniki). ACT is a multi-cultural community with young people from all over the world struggling to adapt and understand Greek life and culture. EnjoyThessaloniki.com is the website they need to click for any information they have about the city. We want to inform them what the website is about and encourage them to engage in it.
We hope that this event will be a start of many more cultural exchange events around the city in the future. We are starting with the community of the university we belong to and this way we aim to inspire other people who are passionate about diversity and charity to do something similar in their communities. If we all gave a little of what we have in order to help those in need, the world would be a much better place. So, come meet us on May 14th and check out our charity rack. Don’t forget to bring at least ONE item so you can get ONE other item in return. Let’s make this happen!!!
