Anteater's Ball to benefit Well Coffeehouse
Kim Chaudoin | 615.966.6494 |
With the coming of spring comes the return of a Lipscomb tradition — the Anteater’s Ball.
The Anteater’s Ball, a student variety show that raises funds for charity, has become a popular rite of spring for more than a decade on the Lipscomb University campus. The event is coordinated by Alpha Phi Chi, the campus men’s service club, and Pi Kappa Sigma, the campus women’s service club.
This year’s show is set for Saturday, March 28 at 7 p.m. in Collins Alumni Auditorium. Admission is $5 at the door. The event is open to the public. It features a variety of music and other acts all performed by undergraduate students.
Each year, proceeds from the event benefit a local nonprofit organization or project. This year’s beneficiary is the Well Coffeehouse’s Groundswell Project .95. The Well is a nonprofit coffeehouse in Nashville and Brentwood, Tenn., founded by Lipscomb alumni that is focused on serving quality coffee and giving profits to provide clean water. ?
“I am thrilled that our undergraduate students can use their musical and entertainment talents to benefit the community around us,” said Chris Netterville, Lipscomb University junior and director of this year’s show. “This year we are particularly excited to be able to support the Well, which is right across the street from our campus.”
The GroundsWELL Project is a way for people to support the Well's next water well drilling project in and around Nairobi, Kenya. Their goal is to raise $38,000 to build three wells in that area.
"In one of the areas north of Nairobi where the Well hopes to build it has not rained there for seven years," said Rob Touchstone, director of missional entrepreneurship in Lipscomb's College of Business and co-founder of the Well. "We called the project, Project. 95, to encourage people to give an extra 95 cents at the counter any amount can be given in the store or online. We’re hoping the wells we drill can help 40,000 people in Nairobi. If 40,000 people in the Nashville area gave 95 cents we’d reach our $38,000 goal. All donations to the GroundsWELL project go directly to our efforts in Kenya."
Last year, the event raised nearly $5,000 for the Nashville Food Bank. Another past beneficiary includes One Life Revolution Tennessee, which used the funds to build a school house in Africa.
For more information, contact Netterville at nettervicl [at] mail.lipscomb.edu.