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This weekend, join Gray Fund for all manner of outdoor, seasonal fun!

Archery tag:

Saturday, October 24, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Want to learn the basics of archery? Come check out archery tag, it's like dodgeball but with bows and arrows. Release some stress and anxiety by accessing your inner Robin Hood? Get outside and away from Zoom? Just show up on the Great Lawn this Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for archery tag! No experience necessary. This week will be our trial run, so it might be a little finicky, but we're looking at making this a regular event if there's interest.

Pumpkin carving:

Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25, 2 – 5 p.m.

Join the Gray Fund and Bon Appétit for a pumpkin carving event! Each participant will receive a pumpkin, carving tools, and an LED candle. 25 participants can carve in person under the Commons tent each day or you may take a pumpkin to carve at home. Send us pictures of your final design to enter a drawing for awesome prizes!

Fill out this Google form to sign up for a spot.

Roller skating:

Sunday, October 25, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Rose City Rollers will bring their Skate Mobile to the Performing Arts Building (PAB) parking lot for outdoor, socially distanced skating sessions! They will provide all equipment needed (skates, helmets, and protective pads). You just need to remember to wear socks and face coverings!

Please fill out this form to indicate your size preferences and to sign up for a spot right away!

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The semester is coming to a close, and Gray Fund and OID want to chill with you. Come enjoy food, live music, and lawn games, and to de-stress!

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Saturday night, I had the pleasure of photographing Jad Abumrad, known for Radiolab podcast, at Reed College. He was a delight, both charming and serious on stage, and engaging and sincere while talking to students at the reception. One of those people who is even nicer in real life than you imagine. Thanks to the Gray Fund for sponsoring this event and giving me the opportunity to share in the fun!

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Damn it, Ramiro

Jessica Williams

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How do the events that the Gray Fund brings to campus get decided? Can students make suggestion?

For those who don’t know, the Gray Fund is an endowment fund established for the college by John and Betty Gray, neighborhood residents who appreciated the college for being itself. The purpose, as their corner of the Reed website states, is "…to assure that Reed College will have stimulating cultural, social, and recreational programs of excellent quality on a regular and planned basis which will interest students, faculty, and staff and which will involve these three groups together in activities outside the classroom which complement the college’s academic program. "

Essentially, they allow students to do cool stuff on and off campus to keep their brains healthy and sane, and to just have a lot of fun.

Events and trips put on by the Gray Fun are planned by the Student Activities office and the Sports Center. There are also Gray Fund recreation interns, who may or may not sit on the committee that decides what events will happen each school year.

The Gray Fund brings prominent speakers to campus, hosts cool events (like the Richard Simmons end-of-semester surprise, seen a few posts ago), funds cultural trips in and around Portland, as well as really awesome camping/climbing/rafting/seasonal outdoorsy trips.

If students have suggestions, they are encouraged to get in touch with Student Activities. Event calendars are decided in advance, so the best way to get involved might be to actually work with the Gray Fund committee.

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"You're at a school, that lets you be you. I've been to a lot of colleges... and they're not like this." -Richard Simmons on Reed College

Yup. You heard that right. Richard Simmons has been to Reed College. This is just a clip (there's a much longer video on YouTube, too) of the event, which happened during the Gray Fund's annual "end of the semester" surprise in 2012.

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