You are feeling sleepy, very sleeeepy. When I snap my fingers you will walk directly to the commons of Knapp and Storms to participate in the Boys and Girls Club of Ames fund-raiser.

Well, if you haven’t found yourself hypnotized yet, you can have another chance this Saturday when Gee Willie Entertainment and the Towers Residence Association host a fund-raiser to help the Boys and Girls Club of Ames with its Capital Campaign, an effort to raise money for its new facility.

Hypnotist Steve Meade, ISU graduate, will be on hand to entertain students.

“Steve relates to college students really well. He is full of energy and he will be performing some new and unique skits,” said William Chieves, president of Gee Willie Entertainment of Ames.

The show starts at 9 p.m. and admission is $3. Participants will also receive a coupon from Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pasta’s, 131 Welch Ave., for a free sub, chips and pop. Following the performance, a dance will be held.

Chieves, who was a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Ames when he was a child, later a staff member and now a volunteer for the organization, said supporting the mission of the club is important because it is a “second home” to many, just as it was for him.

Jeremy Williams, a junior in computer engineering and president of the Towers Residence Association, agrees.

“It’s a great way to raise money for a really good cause. And it’s also one last bang to kick off the end of the semester,” he said.

The Boys and Girls Club kicked off the public segment of its Capital Campaign in January of last year with the goal to raise $1 million for the building of a new facility. Currently they have raised about $850,000.

Geff Gescheidler, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Ames, said they have recently begun drawing on their alumni members to “give something back.”

Alumni members have been working on a volunteer basis helping to solicit money and interact with children in positions like sports coaches. Gescheidler said many noteworthy figures were in the Boys and Girls Club when they were young. For example, Michael Jordan, a Chicago alumni member, recently gave $4.1 million for the building of a new facility in Chicago.

“We have a need in the community for this. We are the only organization just for kids, and with the growing number of youth crimes and teen pregnancy, we need to provide a safe place for them to go, interact and have fun with each other,” Gescheidler said.