Dickinson Volleyball-a-thon Charity - Max Menkes

Every year at Dickinson College the men’s lacrosse team puts on a “Volleyball-a-thon” to raise money for the American Red Cross. The Volleyball-a-thon is a 24-hour event that takes place outside on the sand volleyball court. Our team divides into many different groups and each group has a designated time shift. The goal is to have one team on the volleyball court at all times throughout the 24-hour event. 

We invite all groups on campus to sign up on a time sheet to take part in this event by playing against us at different times throughout the day and night. The week before this event starts, our coach assigns each grade a different task. These tasks include putting up flyers around campus, going to restaurants to ask for food donations, and meeting with groups on campus to secure time slots. Each student on the team makes a “go fund me page” and is asked to raise as much money as they can. Each year we have a goal of how much we need to raise, and every year our team goes above and beyond to surpass that goal.

 

Each year our goal is to raise $10,000, and our team has always raised above that. Stephen Max Menkes and his fellow students participated with enthusiasm during their four years of college time and raised funds for American Red Cross with Volleyball-a-thon. Taking place in this event for my four years in college was a truly fun and amazing experience. Events like this really bring the community together and have a huge impact on charity’s like the American Red Cross. Each year after we complete the volleyball-a-thon, the Red Cross always writes our team an email thanking us for our large donations and telling us what all of the money really goes to. Hearing from the Red Cross how much our donations really help people is truly heartwarming and leaves us eager to take part in the event the next year.

 

            Max Menkes is a recent graduate from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. Max majored in International Business with a minor in Chinese and was a member of the Dickinson Men’s Lacrosse team.