{"598908":{"#nid":"598908","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First-year GT Computing Students Battle to Raise Money for Local Charity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA representative from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.choa.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChildren\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E (CHOA) was on campus Nov. 17 to collect a donation being made by first-year College of Computing students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA check for $350 was presented on behalf of the students and their families to \u003Cstrong\u003EScott Hodoval\u003C\/strong\u003E, vice president of development for the CHOA Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As a nonprofit, we really need the support of the community. These students and their families have done a tremendous job raising money to help the kids at Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta,\u0026rdquo; said Hodoval.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fundraising kicked off this summer during \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nssp.gatech.edu\/first-year-faset-orientation\u0022\u003EFASET\u003C\/a\u003E and ran through the first week of classes. The incoming \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/academics\/degree-programs\/bachelors\/computer-science\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecomputer science\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/academics\/degree-programs\/bachelors\/computational-media\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecomputational media\u003C\/a\u003E students were divided into cohorts that competed in a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ptotoday.com\/pto-today-articles\/article\/8400-how-to-run-a-school-penny-war-fundraiser\u0022\u003Epenny war fundraising\u003C\/a\u003E campaign, one of many cohort events taking place throughout the academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe teams were raising money for one of four Atlanta-based charities with the winning group selecting the charity that would receive all of the collected funds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Since Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s motto is progress and service, we wanted these students to focus on giving back to the community,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Whitlow\u003C\/strong\u003E, GT Computing\u0026rsquo;s director of computing enrollment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Because we started during FASET, we had the opportunity to loop in the students\u0026rsquo; parents, which added a lot to the fundraising campaign. \u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe check was presented to CHOA by third-year computer science major \u003Cstrong\u003ERhea Chatterjee\u003C\/strong\u003E. Chatterjee is a CS 1100 teaching assistant and president of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bitsofgood.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBits of Good\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which helped organize the fundraiser.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBits of Good is a student-run GT Computing organization that connects undergraduate software developers with local Atlanta nonprofits. It\u0026rsquo;s open to all majors, but members must have some coding experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students recently presented a donation check to Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta following a penny war fundraiser. 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