Prosh Day
In recognition of the day, morning classes are cancelled on campus. Students arrive at the university very early on the morning and collect their donation tins and paper. They are then released onto the streets of Perth to sell the newspaper. This continues until just before midday, where they once again meet up in Perth for the Proshession of floats through the CBD. After this finishes, students once again take to the streets to sell the paper.
In 2001, Prosh fundraising broke records to that year
In 2007, Prosh took place on 4 April and made $109,000 was raised for charities.
In 2008, Prosh took place on 9 April and made roughly $125,000 for charity.
In 2009, Prosh took place on 1 April and made roughly $147,000 for charity.
In 2011, Prosh took place on 13 April and while counting continues, has so far made roughly $153,000 for charity, breaking all previous records. The charities being supported this year are the Foodbank of WA, Surf Life Saving Western Australia and Youth Focus.
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Famous quotes containing the word day:
“If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. As if the town had no interest in its forests but to cut them down!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)