GSB bill will allocate funds toward Ames social services

Michaela Sickmann

If a bill passes Wednesday night at the Government of the Student Body meeting, $144,781 will be allocated toward the Story County Analysis of Social Services Evaluation Team.

GSB hopes to focus on some main priorities for the money, such as programs and services that promote personal safety, with regards to violence and abuse and child care services.

They would put a specific emphasis on infant and toddler care, substance abuse prevention and treatment, both group and individual care, programs and services that go toward domestic violence and rape, legal services that are not provided by Student Legal Services, services that enhance understanding of the community through service, and other services that provide both a direct and indirect benefit to students.

The ISU Skydivers hope to be sent to the United States Parachute Association National Collegiate Parachuting Championships in Eloy, Ariz., between Dec. 27 to Jan. 1. The group is asking GSB for $3,146.32 for travel, event and entry fees.

The Winterfest committee is asking GSB for $2,300 to fund its Dec. 3 festivities and decorations at the Memorial Union.

Descarga Latin Dance will be traveling to the 2010 Chicago International Salsa Congress in February and is requesting $2,000 to fund the trip.