Our first trophy!

Yay for us! Okay so the third annual homecoming bed races were last night and you want to know who won the Charitable Chariot Award? That's right, yours truly - the RutgersZone! This award goes to the team that collected the most hats/gloves for the New Brunswick schools - we blew everyone out of the water with our 277 pairs of gloves! As manager of outreach, I could not be happier that we got this award in particular. Check out the trophy! Hopefully this is the first of many to come!

All this excitement didn't come without its hard work and some stressful moments. Wednesday night was the decorating aspect of the event where you decorate the bed in whatever theme it is you choose to do. My planning team and I (thank you Nicole and Alexandria!) came up with all the details to do a pool table - since this is our most popular thing at the zone. We put together a list of all the supplies we would need so that Wednesday we would be all prepared and ready to go. However, Wednesday night came and i was BUGGING OUT. I'm not sure why I was letting all the stress get to me, but it definitely took its toll. I was really worried that the bed wasn't going to come out like we had planned and I really wanted to rock the races and show off our name and everything. I think I forgot that this was supposed to be a fun event where I got the chance to bond with some crew members and do something good for charity. Matt, my lovely, lovely, boss took me aside to remind me of these few things and once we started rolling on the decorating I started to feel better. Sometimes, you have to remember to just breathe.

So the big night finally came! Registration was crazy with all the teams and the costumes and the crazy beds. My team came pumped and ready to go. Dominique, Sam, Tiffany, and Mellissa, were absolutely fabulous and I'm so glad they decided to race. We won our individual race and were so close to making the top 8 - and by so close I mean we were number 9! I really enjoyed watching everyone get to know each other and laugh and have fun.

Thank you to everyone that came out and helped to participate! Ali, Becky, Phylisha, and Adam thanks for coming to cheer us on!! Also, whoever came to be a part of the cheerleading team that I didn't see/mention thanks a bunch! :)

One last thing! I kept thinking about what we were going to do next year when I remembered - I am A SENIOR and I won't be here next year! So for all of you that will be here, I hope you uphold what I am going to now consider tradition and get us another trophy!

Check back for some pictures of the event!

-Ashley