Diwali fundraiser to support Project Ummid

November 18, 2010

Marmian Grimes

Tammy Tragis-McCook
907-474-7042
11/17/10


Students in Free Enterprise will host a celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights, Saturday, Nov. 20 from 7 -10:30 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The event is a fundraiser for Project Ummid, a microfinancing project that awards business loans to destitute women in India. Diwali is a Hindu holiday celebrating the triumph of good over evil.

Tickets are $12 for students and $15 for the public and are available at the Wood Center front desk. Purchase tickets early. The event sold out last year.

SIFE is a student group at UAF.

MEDIA CONTACT: Tammy Tragis-McCook, SOM information officer, 907-474-7042, tammy.tragis@alaska.edu. Sherri Wall, SIFE advisor, at 907-474-6526 or slwall@alaska.edu.

MLG/11-17-10/092psa-11