Dengan koordinasi oleh Chris Mills, mahasiswa AS yang pernah tinggal 3 tahun di Indonesia, beberapa mahasiswa Indonesia di Ohio University menjadi supporter utama dalam acara Relay for Life. Acara tersebut merupakan sebuah program penggalangan dana untuk mendukung para penderita kanker di AS. Tim yang mayoritas annggotanya adalah para mahasiswa Indonesia tersebut berhasil mengumpulkan dana sebesar $1,765. Bahkan Sandra Nahdar (cowok) dinobatkan sebagai Miss Relay atas kelihaiannya berperan sebagai perempuan dalam lomba yang diselenggarakan oleh panitia. Berikut laporan berita lengkapnya yang di muat di Monsoon edisi Spring 2005-2006. Ohio University’s Relay for Life, a fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, took place May 19-20 at Ohio University’s driving range. The 18-hour relay walk began at 6:00pm on Friday, May 19 and ended at noon on Saturday, May 20. Chris Mills, graduate student in the Southeast Asian Studies Program, organized a team for this year’s event. Members of ‘Team Semangat’, meaning ‘spirit’ in Indonesian, included Team Captains Chris Mills and John Innis, Lewinna Aguskin, Muhammad Chozin, Dave Cramer, Erda Handayani, Lina Himawan, Drew, and Nancy McDaniel, Farid Muttaqin, Sandra Nahdar, Anis Sundusiyah, Pichayalak Pichayakul, Karla Schneider, Rudi Sukandar and Ezki Widianti.
Team Semangat’s fundraising efforts were a huge success. In addition to personal donations received, the team held a benefit garage sale and sold chicken satay the night of the event. In total, the team raised $1,765 to benefit the American Cancer Society. Team Semangat earned special recognition from the organizers of the event by being awarded the Team Spirit plaque and our own Sandra Nahdar, dressed in an Indonesian kebaya, was awarded the title of ‘Miss Relay’.
Source: http://www.ohiou.edu/seas/Monsoon_Spring_05_06.pdf
