ISU clubs felt the sting of Veishea’s absence last spring.

Several groups on campus had used the celebration as an opportunity to display their club’s talents to the community, and others relied on it as a source of funding.

Steva Robinson, president of the ISU Block & Bridle club and junior in animal science, said her group was hurt financially by the loss of Veishea.

Its grill team ran a profitable food stand every year at the corner of the library and is glad to have it back.

“Veishea is a big fundraiser for us,” Robinson said. “We probably lost around $5,000 last year. It also makes it twice as hard this year getting everything together because we don’t have many members who have participated in it before.”

Besides the financial loss to various clubs, some ISU clubs lost the opportunity to showcase their work.

Robinson said her group is glad to have the chance to put on its live animal display again this year in Kildee Hall. The display, done in association with the Dairy Science Club and the ISU Collegiate Beef Team, will include dairy, beef, swine, sheep, horse and companion animals, as well as meats.

Other groups, such as the Food Science Club, used the year off as a motivator to get involved in this year’s Veishea, said Kathrine Gilbert, club president and senior in food science. The Food Science Club plans to sell homemade fudge in a tent outside LeBaron Hall.

“[Veishea’s absence] didn’t affect us too much because we didn’t do any fundraising,” Gilbert said. “We decided to do some new fundraising with the new Veishea.”

Gilbert said the club will also take the opportunity to present new product ideas from the Food Science Product Development teams.

Some groups, such as the ISU Juggling Club, look forward to Veishea as a chance to display their talents and take part in the festivities. Club president Christopher Kohlhaas said his group will take part in the parade along with the ISU Unicycle Club and will also put on a stage show following the parade.

“We don’t really do fundraising because we don’t need the money as much,” Kohlhaas said. “It’s a good chance for us to get together with people we haven’t seen for a while. There should be three or four members there that used to be in the club.”

Kienan Clute, president of the ISU Entrepreneur club and junior in pre-business, said he is fairly certain his group didn’t do any fundraising in the past with Veishea, but it does look forward to taking part in the College of Business open house this year. He said the club also hopes to get a community service activity together in time for the event.

Not all groups get involved with Veishea directly, said Justin Hardecopf, president of the Iowa State Railroad Club. His group plans on having its annual 24 Hours at Ames event the Saturday of Veishea. The activity involves club members and members of the community congregating in western Ames to watch an entire day’s worth of trains coming through town.

“We watch the trains for 24 hours and see if we can stay awake,” Hardecopf said.