The CU-Boulder campus will host a donation drive for Red Cross relief efforts in tsunami-devastated South Asia during the men's and women's basketball games on Saturday, Jan. 15.
The men's team will play No. 2-ranked Kansas at 2 p.m. and the women's team will play No. 13-ranked Texas Tech at 7 p.m. Tickets are still available for both games.
Volunteers from the Red Cross and CU-Boulder staff will be stationed around the Coors Events Center with buckets to receive donations. The funds will go to the Red Cross for its relief efforts in the devastated areas.
For those wishing to donate by check, the memo line should
indicate either the "International Response Fund" or "tsunami." Donors also can support the local American Red Cross Mile High chapter by writing "Mile High Chapter" on the memo line.
For those who will not be attending the games, the University of Colorado Federal Credit Union has set up an account to receive donations for Red Cross tsunami relief efforts. Anyone may visit any branch of the CU credit union to make a donation to this account. Account holders also can transfer funds into the relief account by calling the credit union.
For more information contact Erin Frazier of CU-Boulder Community Relations at (303) 492-8384, or Prema Khanna, director of marketing for CU Athletics, at (303) 492-5343.