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Ag Unlimited scheduled for February 1
By Alice Roach, Corner Post staff (posted 1/31/05)
College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources alumni, friends, faculty and staff will gather Feb. 1, 2005, to celebrate Ag Unlimited. The event is hosted by the CAFNR Alumni Association in order to raise money to benefit students of the college.

The evening will include dinner with a silent and live auction at the Holiday Inn Select Expo Center in Columbia, Mo.

Carol Hein, a 1991 agricultural journalism major, served as the chair of the Ag Unlimited committee this year. Hein is looking forward to “seeing a year’s worth of labor and hard work come together.”

The committee expects to see close to 500 alums and CAFNR supporters at the function to assist in raising money for scholarships and educational enhancements. Money is raised through auctioning off several high-ticket items.

Some of the items being auctioned off this year include a cruise, airline tickets, basketball tickets, signed football and basketball memorabilia, a dinner train excursion and advertising packages.

The committee set a goal of raising $36,000 from this year’s event. Since the inception of Ag Unlimited, the event has raised more than $236,000 for CAFNR students.

Hein believes the purpose of the event is to reach out and help current and prospective CAFNR students. “The purpose is to raise funds for scholarships and teaching improvements,” Hein said. “Another benefit forpeople is seeing fellow classmates and friends and reminiscing about our time at Mizzou.”

In addition to Ag Unlimited, the CAFNR Alumni Association held an EBay auction in the fall and collected over $1,000 from merchandise to benefit the scholarship fund and to continue purchasing teaching improvements.

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