CAA to fund Homecoming projects

For nine candidates, winning today’s Homecoming election is about more than taking home a crown.

Whoever is named this year’s king and queen at Saturday’s football game will receive money from the Carolina Athletic Association to complete a service project next semester.

“They should be somebody students are proud of to represent them, along with having a good service project,” said Courtney Brown, Homecoming director for the CAA.

This year’s project proposals include sponsoring cooking lessons for students with developmental disabilities and offering arts classes to local schools that have suffered from budget cuts.

Jeremy Crouthamel, last year’s Homecoming king, said his win was a great opportunity to represent Carolina and expand on a project he had wanted to do.

“I got to do some cool things I wouldn’t be able to experience in any other way,” he said.

Crouthamel, who teaches 11th grade in Durham, is using the money he will receive to fund a presentation to raise awareness of gang activity.

Brown said because Saturday’s game is against Duke, there has been increased hype for this year that could increase voter turnout.



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