Tickets go on sale Aug. 1
Get your pooper scooper ready.
Students at American International College will be showcasing some big beef on the field this fall in the form of a 800-pound Jersey cow.
The students, members of the college's Lions Club, will be bringing in the Jersey to help raise money at the annual "Cow Drop" fund-raiser on Oct. 12.
"We set up a grid of 500 squares on the Edgewood Practice Field, and sell the squares for $7, $10 for two. If one of the cows drops poop on your square, you win $500," said Sean Mahoney, a senior from Carver, and club president.
Tickets for the drop, the club's biggest fund-raiser, go on sale Aug. 1.
Mahoney said the hope is to raise $3,500 at the drop. He said $500 would go for prize money, $1,500 for Lion's Club charities and $1,500 to help fund future club events.
Mahoney, a sports recreation and management major, said the event is part of the college's "Action in Community" day.
"We want to have the community, as well as AIC students and faculty, involved in the day's activities. There will be food, music, inflatables, a mechanical bull and even a cow milking station," Mahoney said.
Mahoney said joining the club was an easy choice for him.
"I'm an Eagle Scout and have been involved in community service since I was 8 years old. I wanted to continue community service activities here at AIC, and the Lions Club was a perfect fit," Mahoney said.
The club has grown into one of the largest and most active college clubs, according to a release from AIC.
"We currently have 18 members, but we expect that to increase to 30 this fall," Mahoney said in the release.
Besides the annual Cow Drop event, club members have also participated in two other fall events -- Baystate Health Foundation's "Rays of Hope - A Walk Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer" and the Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Back-to-School Anti-Bullying 5K Road Race/2K Walk.
For ticket information, contact aiclionsclub@yahoo.com., or call (508) 944-3835. The practice field is located on Courtland Street.