we raise the majority of our $3.6 million for THON every year through canning. each canning trip i went on would raise at least $3000 usually more like $5000.
while i don't necessarily agree with fining for not going canning, i'm fairly certain each organization votes on the rules regarding participation in THON. i know we do.
most organizations set a quota of how much each member is to individually raise through solicitation, how many of the four canning trips are required, etc.
SAE got in trouble a few years ago for misappropriation of THON funds, which i think is the reason why the Collegian decided to bring up their organization. the Collegian is not really a greek friendly paper. the few times we do get good press it's usually about THON, which incidentally is this weekend.
48 hours no sitting, sleeping for the dancers. hopefully we'll beat last year's total of over $3.5 million and get back to $3.6 where we were the first 3 years i was at Penn State!
ETA: many of the places where we go canning require permits and/or special permission to be on the streets. it's up to the person hosting the canning trip to obtain the proper permission from their town/county/wherever