Project Makeover, a UF organization that seeks to improve the educational environment for low-income students, kicked its fundraising efforts into gear Sunday with a kickball tournament on Flavet Field.
About 100 UF students participated in the tournament, which raised about $630, said Julianne Scherker, Project Makeover’s executive director.
The money will go toward Project Makeover’s beautification project at a local elementary school.
Kickball teams included the Ad Society, the Florida Cicerones, sororities, fraternities, the Freshmen Leadership Council and other UF organizations.
The Ad Society took first place.
The kickball tournament is just one part of the group’s fundraising efforts.
Scherker said the group has also tabled at Super Wal-Mart and held fundraisers at local restaurants.
Project Makeover hopes to raise more than $5,000, which includes monetary donations as well as landscaping equipment and paint donations, Scherker said.
Scherker said the beautification project will run from Feb. 26 through Feb. 28.
Project Makeover volunteers will paint educational murals, decorate sidewalks, plant trees and flowers, make a butterfly garden and renovate a baseball diamond, Scherker said.
Last year, Project Makeover raised more than $3,000 for its project at Williams Elementary. More than 800 students volunteered.
