Ball State University's chapter of College Mentors for Kids had a successful turnout Saturday at the fifth annual Walk for Kids.
President Lindsey Koetter said 85 people attended, and it was the chapter's best turnout in the event's history.
"Overall, it was a success and everyone had a lot of fun," she said. "I'm really proud of everyone."
College Mentors for Kids is an organization that pairs college students with disadvantaged children so they can see what college is like. The walk lasted from 9 a.m. to noon. There are 70 mentors, each with a little buddies, and most of the mentors and some family, friends and little buddies attended Koetter said. Despite the weather, everyone had fun, she said.
"The rain kind of brought us down a little but we still had fun," she said.
The event was a celebration as well as a walk, Koetter said. In addition to the walk around the quads, a continuous slide show in the Art Museum Ball Room showed photos of activities the mentors did with their buddies during the year. One group of mentors and little buddies went through the Architecture Building and then made towers out of marshmallows and toothpicks, she said.
Event workers also took pictures with the families of the little buddies and thanked everyone for their hard work, Koetter said.
Everyone also received a raffle ticket after registration, she said. There were gift cards from Penn Station, Target, Marathon and Starbucks, and people could buy additional tickets for $1.
Mentor Josh Bowling said all the BSU mentors who attended talked about what they did with College Mentors for Kids.
Bowling said he remembered going to his little buddy, Michael's, elementary school to eat lunch how Michael introduced Bowling to everyone and made him feel comfortable.
Koetter said the chapter made around $2,000 through advanced registration and donations and another $1,000 at the event. The money will be used to reimburse students and schools for paying for markers, paper, snacks and transportation.
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