Student Appreciation Day

On Wednesday the fiesta of what is student appreciation day occur ed, so there was a lot of awe-inspiring activities. There was FREE popcorn, discounts at the bookstore, trivia games, FREE breakfast and lunch for commuters that do not have a meal plan, a game show, and casino night.

I wasn't planning on going to casino night however, Jen and Shannon-admission counselors-whom I work with talked me into going just to say hi to them, so I decided I'd make an appearance. When I got there it seemed pretty cool like I was actually in Vegas. They had the works: craps, poker, and even blackjack. They had all sorts of prizes there too, such as subway gift card, patriots pack, bookstore gift card, Simpson's scene it, Nascar jacket, and more! They gave people 3,000 in chips and a raffle ticket, so we can put it into the raffle for the prize we wanted. Compiling chips allows you to gain more raffle tickets.

So the night began, 3,000 in chips in my cup, planning on just saying hello to Jen and Shannon then back to the life of GPH. I decided to play blackjack because those two young lady's were the dealers for the tables; I never had played blackjack before so this was my first time, I do know the jist of the game though. I went right up placed a bet of 500 down and won, it was riveting. I continued to play blackjack for the rest of the night, and ended up with 40,000!!! I received 13 more tickets to place and then the raffle began. I had won the most out of everyone! Second place was 9,000 behind me, so because I was in first I received a nice poker set. For the raffle I was able to win a pool stick and case and a $15 dollar gift card to Wendy's. It was a pretty sweet night, a pleasant surprise.