Optimist
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Editorials
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Features
    • Book Review
  • Multimedia
    • Photo Galleries
    • Videos
  • Podcasts
    • Optimist Overtime
    • Top of the Key
  • Police Log
  • Print Edition
  • Projects
  • About
    • Advertise
    • Policies
    • Staff Contacts
    • Jobs
You are here: Home / News / Wishing Well club increases followers, awareness

Wishing Well club increases followers, awareness

October 29, 2013 by Abigail Runnels

ACU’s Wishing Well chapter is continuing to raise awareness and raise money for their cause after making a statement in Chapel.

On Oct. 14, Mitchell East and the rest of the Wishing Well club hoped to get students involved in a cause they may have not previously known about.

Brandy Rains is the president of ACU’s Wishing Well chapter, which consists of about 15 members.

“Our goal for Chapel was to give students a tangible representation of something they don’t know about or see every day,” Rains said. “We hear the term ‘water crisis’ loosely on a list of issues, but it just isn’t a concept we can grasp because we don’t see the issue itself in our personal living conditions.”

During the Monday Chapel, East described what would happen in a typical ACU student’s day if there was no water to be found and illustrated conditions that many underdeveloped countries are faced with every day.

While East was speaking, students sitting on the floor got up two-by-two and walked out of Moody, giving a visual approximation of how many people die from water-related complications within the Chapel time limit.

“My leaders and I were having a meeting in my apartment when I stated that every 20 seconds a child dies from water-related diseases like diarrhea,” Rains said. “We kind of accidentally came up with making it into a demonstration and took it from there.”

After the demonstration, Wishing Well asked the student body to follow them on Twitter. They said an anonymous donor promised to pay $100 for every 100 followers gained.

The donor contacted Rains as an experiment to see what kind of positive change social media can make.

“We have over 1,300 followers and we only had about 130, not all of them students,” Rains said.

Thanks to hundreds of new followers, Wishing Well raised about $1,200 in a matter of 8 hours, Rains said.

The Wishing Well Twitter is still gaining followers and the club hopes to continue to raise awareness for their cause.

For more information, follow @ACUWishingWell on Twitter. Students can also get involved in the Wishing Well club by going to Bible 120 during Thursday Chapel.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Wishing Well

Other News:

  • Orr stepping away as vice president of advancement

  • Displaced professors slept in offices as winter storm ransacked Abilene power grid

  • Intramural activities resume; flag football eyeing return after spring break

Avatar

About Abigail Runnels

You are here: Home / News / Wishing Well club increases followers, awareness

Other News:

  • Orr stepping away as vice president of advancement

  • Displaced professors slept in offices as winter storm ransacked Abilene power grid

  • Intramural activities resume; flag football eyeing return after spring break

Follow us online

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Optimist on Twitter

acuoptimistThe Optimist@acuoptimist·
14h

COVID-19 active cases on campus remain at relatively steady numbers with 10 cases and 43 quarantines Friday.

Reply on Twitter 1365434283683381250Retweet on Twitter 1365434283683381250Like on Twitter 13654342836833812502Twitter 1365434283683381250
acuoptimistThe Optimist@acuoptimist·
19h

Despite challenges posed by COVID-19, intramural sports are being offered for all students during the spring semester. Read more below:
https://acuoptimist.com/2021/02/intramural-activities-resume-flag-football-eyeing-return-after-spring-break/

Reply on Twitter 1365368535585710080Retweet on Twitter 1365368535585710080Like on Twitter 13653685355857100801Twitter 1365368535585710080

Optimist on Facebook

The Optimist

14 hours ago

The Optimist
COVID-19 active cases on campus remain at relatively steady numbers with 10 cases and 43 quarantines Friday. Meanwhile, active cases continue to plummet in Taylor County with 726 active cases. ...

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

The Optimist

19 hours ago

The Optimist
Despite challenges posed by COVID-19, intramural sports are being offered for all students during the spring semester. Read more below: ...

Intramural activities resume; flag football eyeing return after spring break - Optimist

acuoptimist.com

Intramural sports are still in swing this semester, despite challenges posed by COVID-19. Last spring, intramurals were put on hold. In the fall, some intramurals were once again made available, albeit with COVID-safe restrictions. This spring, however, is going to be a return to more normal operati...
View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Videos

Top of the Key: Episode 17 – Super Bowl Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MFgeZDuHU0 ... [Read More…]

  • Praise Day Fridays return to campus
  • Optimist Newscast – Nov. 5, 2020
  • ACUTV, Optimist preparing for live election show

Latest Photos

  • Home
  • Weekly Ads
  • Classifieds

© 2021 ACU Optimist · All Rights Reserved