Children, elderly and animals have been placed on Santa’s list for Christmas as Green Sting begins its weeklong Random Acts of Kindness event after Thanksgiving break.

Students can look forward to hot chocolate along with drawings, prizes, sports activities and music on campus until Friday.

The student group is holding its charity event to raise money and collect gifts for children at Shriners Hospital, a convalescent home and an animal shelter for the holiday season.

This will be the third time Random Acts of Kindness reaches out to the community, which the Green Sting, formerly known as Sting Team, put on the last two years.

The students who joined Green Sting to get involved on campus and boost school spirit have been working hard to fit everything into five days so students can have fun while contributing to a good cause.

“Our members have been very productive,” said Kyle Hasapes, adviser with Laura Cadranel for Green Sting and co-coordinator of Random Acts of Kindness.

Hasapes said 15 to 20 members have been helping plan the event and have been working through different ideas for collecting money and other donations.

The charity event started Monday with a pre-activity in the library quad to get people on campus and in the community involved in helping Green Sting raise money and collect donations.

“Random Acts of Kindness will give students and the community a chance to get involved,” Hasapes said.

Green Sting will have a canned food, clothing and toy drive at its booth set up in the quad along with hot chocolate and fliers.

Hasapes said they will take every type of canned food, clothing and toy that people have to offer.

In exchange for donating, Green Sting will give people raffle tickets and give them a chance to win prizes.

People will also get to participate in a quarterback-passing contest and balloon game in the library quad.

The State Hornet and Associated Students plan to be a part of Random Acts of Kindness and help raise cans as they compete in a canned food drive contest and challenge each other in a softball game today.

“It’s a good way to get Sacramento State and ASI out to the community,” said Colleen Ripchick, ASI vice president of university affairs.Ripchick said she appreciates that students take time out of their schedules for the community.

“It shows that they think the community is important,” Ripchick said.Recreational Sports, Peak Adventures and KSSU, the student-run radio station, will help Green Sting with a barbeque, music, booths and activities in the library quad during the following day.

Rafael Chavez, one of the radio station’s directors, said he wants to help his colleagues with the event.

He said Random Acts of Kindness will give KSSU an opportunity to get its music out to the community and Sac State since it only has three watts and cannot be heard very far outside of the campus.

KSSU got a sound permit from the city that allows them to play their music in the library quad for one day so the station plans to be at the event on Wednesday.

Ken Morton, director of Rec Sports, said he plans to have a golf game that will include giant golf balls and clubs.

This is the first year Rec Sports has gotten involved in the charity event and Morton said he wants to get more involved next year.

Morton said he wants to get involved in the event because it’s for a good cause.

Peak Adventures will join the cause with an activity called Humbler set up in the library quad that day.

Kevin Borelli, operations manager for Peak Adventures, said it will have two ropes that make an “x” where people will have to try to get from one side to another without touching the ground.

“It’s really fun to watch,” Borelli said.

Borelli said Peak Adventures is helping out with the event to provide activities for students on campus.

Green Sting will conclude its week of fund-raisers and donations with visits to a convalescent home and animal shelter.

Hasapes said Green Sting plans to bake cookies and make cards for the elderly, which the group will give to them during a visit on Friday.

The toys will be given to Shriners Hospital and the money will go to the animal shelter.

Cans and clothing will be given to several different groups including Goodwill and the convalescent home.