Swine Week
Established in 1986, Swine Week is a week-long community service project at Edmond Memorial which has raised over $3 million. In 2008 the Swine Week theme was Viva Hog Vegas, which raised over $265,000 (after expenses) for the Oklahoma Family Center for Autism. In 2009, the theme was Pigelodeon (and it raised $318,919 (after expenses) for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In 2010, the theme was "Piggie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." It raised a record breaking $527,704.88 for the Jimmy Everest Children's Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. The theme for 2011 was "Hoggy Potter", and it raised $462,768.85 for the Oklahoma Children's Heart Disease Center. The theme for 2012 is "Pigsney World." It raised an outstanding amount of 475,000 for Oklahoma Project Woman.
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—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
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