Daily Staff Writer

WOI Radio

WOI Radio set a new fund-raising record last week when totals for their Festival Week fall drive topped $200,000.

WOI raised $221,420 for the station and public radio in Iowa, bettering its previous record of $208,000.

The drive ran from Friday, Oct. 17 to Friday, Oct. 24.

The station’s membership coordinator, Carol Lamb, said the helpful donations came from all over the community.

“We were touched when a young boy brought in his allowance,” Lamb said. Corporations were the source of some of the larger donations, she added.

WOI set up 10 phones and about 250 volunteers answered over 2,000 calls, Lamb said. Donations averaged approximately $100, she said.

Lamb said the donations are used to cover the costs of daily operations and programming at WOI.

“We’re extremely grateful to the hundreds and hundreds of supporters who made this possible,” said Bill McGinley, WOI general manager.

International handcraft sale

An international handcraft sale is running until Nov. 7 in the north study lounge of the Memorial Union. The hours for the sale are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Worldly Goods is a nonprofit organization that offers international handcrafts produced in 40 countries around the world.

At the sale, Worldly Goods will offer a wide variety of ethnic-inspired accessories, wood, onyx and soapstone carvings; wall hangings, jewelry, musical instruments, games, holiday decorations, baskets and much more.

The International Handcraft Sale is sponsored by the Memorial Union and is held in conjunction with International Week on campus.