Sacramento State’s Rotaract Club is known for its yearly fundraisers, including last year’s canned food drive and this fall’s teeter-totter-a-thon.

Christie Pierce, freshman communication studies major and head of Rotaract’s marketing and communications, said the club decides on a philanthropic theme every year.

“This year, the club wanted to focus on homeless children,” Pierce said. “We did research on homeless children and found out that California is in the top ten list for homelessness in the U.S. I like the children idea because there’s always something for issues like cancer.”

This semester, the Rotaract Club gave back to the community from Nov. 17-18 by having a teeter-totter-a-thon.

Pierce said the club held a 24-hour teeter-totter event in order to receive donations and sponsorships for its cause. She said the profits will go toward Mustard Seed, an emergency school that takes in children, provides them with education and medical benefits, and tries to get them back into the public school system.

“If (the children) still have parents, Mustard Seed tries finding jobs for their parents to get them back to housing,” Pierce said.Pierce said the club raised at least $1,500 from the teeter-totter-a-thon.

Alex Davidson, senior social sciences major, said the club wants to find fun and creative ways to make fundraiser events successful, like the teeter-totter-a-thon.

“It’s a philanthropy club and, in order to get people excited about things, we need exciting ideas,” Davidson said.

The club is looking to brainstorm more ideas for next year in their upcoming meetings.

The Rotaract Club meets every Wednesday in the University Union. The club usually meets in the Lobby Suite; however, meeting places are subject to change. Meeting times also vary, but are usually at 6:30 p.m. and run for an hour or two.

Jennifer Siopongco can be reached at [email protected]