These aren't only NCAA Champs from the University of Notre Dame -- they are also sponsors of three girls in Nepal through She's the First!
Tie-dyed cupcake sales spread through the dormitories of the University of Notre Dame campus this past semester. The purpose? To fundraise for She’s the First by sponsoring a girl at Maggie Doyne’s Kopila Valley Children’s Home & School, the Nepal partner in our directory.
The passion & creativity? The idea came from the women’s soccer team, at the same time that they were on a quest for the gold at the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship. (They won on Sunday! )
The result? Nearly one thousand dollars were raised, each $2 cupcake at a time, to sponsor three girls! Maggie, who was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine for her work educating children in Nepal, has blogged about the impact the ND team had on her school here.
Notre Dame's cupcakes for a cause
We’d like to recognize the catalyst for these cause-filled cupcakes, sophomore Lindsay Brown, originally from Newport Beach, California, who simply wrote into shesthefirst.org earlier this year and asked how she could help. We encouraged her to have a fundraiser on campus, and she ran with the idea — running, after all, comes naturally to a NCAA star.
Lindsay hosted the first tie-dyed cupcake sale in her dorm, and when it was an easy success, her teammates followed the example and set up in their dorm. Sophomore Maddie Fox of San Jose CA hosted the second sale and continues to be Lindsay’s right-hand woman in hosting additional events. The rest is history…Notre Dame is now pending approval from their Office of Campus Activities to become an official She’s the First*{Campus} chapter!
If you are interested in forming a chapter of She’s the First at school, to host fundraisers and activities supporting girls’ education, apply here, or email info@shesthefirst.org.
