Ait students raise 3000 for charity

Students at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) last Friday presented a cheque for €2,000 to the National Council for the Blind of Ireland and €1,053 to the AIT Student Hardship Fund.

The fourth year tourism and hospitality management and tourism and sport management students raised the money through planning, organising and executing a darts night event. The undertaking of this event is an integral part of the event management module in their degree programme.

Lecturer, Dymphna Scanlon said:“organising the event develops the students by equipping them with the appropriate knowledge, understanding and professional management skills necessary to be successful in the exciting and vibrant events industry”.

The National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a not-for-profit charitable organisation that offers support and services nationally to people with eyesight problems. NCBI was set up in 1931 and offers many services to over 15,000 people. The aim of the NCBI is to promote the full independence of people who are blind or vision impaired.

The AIT Student Hardship Fund is available to students experiencing particular or unexpected hardship during their course of study in AIT.

Some 450 students are currently undertaking programmes in hospitality, tourism and leisure studies in AIT. The BBus (Hons) in Tourism and Hospitality Management and the BBus (Hons) in Management in Tourism and Sport are both level 8 add-on degrees.

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