Past Events

Past Events (2009)

• Shinerama Golf
• Frost Week 2009

Past Events (2008)

• Presidents'Ball 2008
• O-Week 2008
• BUSU Does Brock Days
• Graduation Gala
• Brock Does MTV Live
• Dangerous Dramatics

Past Initiatives

A Big Thank You!

BUSU would like to thank all those who attended the Presidents' Ball and our hockey night with the IceDogs.

Through your attendance and contributions, BUSU was able to raise a total of $4,060 for the “Spread The Net” campaign. That’s 406 bed nets! We greatly appreciate your participation and hope to increase the involvement of Brock students and staff throughout this school year.

Spread the Net at Brock

What is Spread the Net?

Spread the Net is an awareness campaign initiated to raise funds for mosquito nets to wipe out death by Malaria. The goal is to raise $5 million in three years for UNICEF to purchase and distribute 500,000 insecticide-treated bed nets at no cost to families in Liberia and Rwanda, and to educate recipients on their usage. Every $10 collected will purchase one bed net for a child in Africa.

A simple solution and a huge impact: One net. 10 bucks. Save Lives.

Spread the Net campaign at Brock

Brock University has joined the Spread the Net Campus Challenge in an effort to fight malaria in Africa. The initiative, co-founded by Belinda Stronach and Rick Mercer in partnership with UNICEF Canada, is hoping to raise enough funds to purchase 500,000 insecticide-treated bed nets over the next two years.

Mercer has extended a challenge to campuses across Canada to raise the most money for the Spread the Net campaign. Mercer will tape a segment of the Rick Mercer Report at the institution that raises the most funds. The Spread the Net campaign was launched at Brock University in September in recognition of our fundraising efforts last year. Rick Mercer challenged Brock students to raise the most money so that he can come back to Brock at the end of the year.

BUSU’s contribution

Since the campaign was announced on September 10th, BUSU has been organizing various events to help Brock reach its goal of $34,000 and to raise awareness throughout campus. Events held in support of the Spread the Net campaign:

• Rick Mercer Report & Indie Night @ Isaac’s, September 30th
• BUSU Night with the Niagara IceDogs, November 6th
• Presidents’ Ball, November 14th