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Week Five saw the return of RAG Week. This year RAG raised £10,500, beating last year’s sum and making it York’s most successful RAG Week to date.
RAG Week officially kicked off on February 3rd with a balloon launch at Vanbrugh Paradise.
Further events throughout the week included a version of the hit ITV show Take Me Out, which attracted over 500 people.
The Blagathon auction succeeded last year’s total of £1200. The surprising success lot of the evening was the re-naming of the Courtyard, which was sold to Jack Baker for £235. Other events included the Viking Raid, RAGaoke and Mr. and Mrs. York, which saw Halifax College take the crown.
The bitter cold failed to stop the week culminating in style, with the RAG parade marching defiantly against the elements in the city centre on Saturday. The weather proved a dampener however, as comparatively the turnout failed to reach the volume of previous years. Despite this, top Parade fundraisers Derwent College managed to raise £890 on the day, more than double the total of any other college.
Counting up the sums raised, RAG Officer Baxter Willis said, “the amount was overwhelming. A big thank you to the amazing RAG Committee and everyone at the University for donating!”
Don’t know where you got that figure from but we’ve managed to raise over £10,500!! Thanks so much to everyone who gave, it’s much appreciated and goes to some amazing causes! We hope you had as much fun as we did!
@RAGalicious – good job with the fundraising, edited the piece to reflect the new figure.