PULLMAN, Wash. – Food, music and a former Cougar Rose Bowl football star will help Washington State University students raise money for Egyptian orphans at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in Ensminger Pavilion on the Pullman campus. If students reach their goal of $10,000, an anonymous donor will match the amount.
Tickets for “Night on the Nile” cost $12, or $20 with a commemorative T-shirt, at the CougarCard Center in the CUB or online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/288463.
Shawn McWashington, a four-year letter winner at wide receiver for the Cougars 1994-97 and a member of WSU’s “Fab Five” who earned a trip to the 1998 Rose Bowl, will be the guest speaker. Two Northwest bands, Perry Acker and Ben Union, will perform. Hors d’oeuvres will be catered by restaurants from across the state.
Donations will help the nonprofit Wash Their Worries Away (WTWA) buy an orphanage school bus. WTWA aims to provide sustainable resources to enrich the lives of Egyptian orphans.
WTWA was founded by WSU alumna Andrea Burke after she visited two orphanages 50 miles outside Cairo in 2011. After learning that adoption in Egypt is illegal, she felt compelled to help better the orphans’ living conditions.
Burke studied English and minored in hospitality business management at WSU. “Night on the Nile” is hosted by students in the WSU Hospitality Business Management Event Planning class.