UNCA Student Groups Raise $600
for Regional Breast Care Center

Second Annual Night Market

Asian Students in Asheville (ASIA), a UNC Asheville student group, held its second annual Night Market on October 16 during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A portion of the proceeds from the market was donated to Mission Hospitals’ Regional Breast Care Center. More than $600 was donated from the event, which had booths and entertainment staffed by nearly 30 of UNCA’s student groups. These groups included the Humanities Student Association, Rotaract, Headwaters, Alliance, Intervarsity, Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Nu.

The booths sold a variety of items from cookies, brownies and hot chocolate to Jewish food and Israeli jewelry. Entertainment at the Night Market included a performance by the UNCA belly dancers and live music by students and local rock band Sanctity. Other attractions included a voter registration booth, raffles and a book sale. Some 500 people attended the event.

-- story by Jo Stephenson, UNCA senior and Public Information Office intern

Media Contacts:

• Robert Tynes, Gallery Director and Associate Art Professor, 828/251-6880
• Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526