Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf shore, I began my freshman year at George Mason University. That year I lived on the Living Learning Community for the School of Management. Students that live on a community building floor are given the opportunity to work together on projects, participate in school events, and raise money for charities. The Hurricane Katrina relief fund was the one charity we all agreed needed the most support, therefore, the project was underway the next day. \r\nThe plan for the fundraiser was to collect money from students on campus for two consecutive weeks. Instead of setting up a booth, we were going to carry around large buckets all over campus for people to drop their change in. That\'s when we came up with the theme \"Spare Change for Change.\" Everyone was split into pairs and stationed at the busiest locations on campus. The whole floor pitched in money to buy supplies to make shirts and decorate buckets for people to drop their change in. We bought black t-shirts and ironed on fabric letter sticker that read Spare Change for Change on the back and our names on the front with a School of management pin. On the buckets we printed out pictures from the destruction left behind of flattened houses and boats washed ashore to reassure people that their money is going towards a good cause. \r\n For two weeks our floor spent countless hours making sure this fundraiser was a success. We ended up raising over a thousand dollars to help clean up the destruction and get people back on their feet. Although I live hundreds of miles away from the Golf Coast, I was affected by Hurricane Katrina in a way that I was able to give back to society and relieve those in need the most. \r\n