Spring Fling All About Fun and Funds
April 11, 2016
Spring Fling had dozens of rides, and also booths and other activities.
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Kids Korner provided family-friendly activities throughout Spring Fling.
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The Los Angeles-based duo The Score performed during Spring Fling.
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The G-Force was one of the popular rides at the annual festival.
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Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat made an appearance during Spring Fling.
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Spring Fling is the largest campus event designed specificially to raise money for student-led clubs and organizations.
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Wilbur Wildcat strolled the grounds with UA cheerleaders.
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UA Students for Sustainability members were one of the major partners during the event, helping with sustainability measures.
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The Ferris wheel loomed above campus.
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Spring Fling beats its previously recorded waste diversion effort every year. This year, the team planned to collect about 300 tons of recycling materials and 1,300 pounds of compostables.
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Tens of thousands of people visited campus over the weekend for Spring Fling, a Tucson tradition that began in 1974.
The University of Arizona event is the nation's largest student-run carnival, and it also is the largest event held on campus for the sole purpose of raising funds for student clubs and organizations.
Spring Fling also benefits the local community, with this year's book donations going to Reading Seed and donations of non-perishable food going to Community Food Bank.
The event's composting program expanded this year in partnership with the EPA-recognized Compost Cats, along with other efforts to reduce and divert waste during the event. Grecycle, a local business, partnered to collect used cooking oil, to be converted into biodiesel for the UA campus.
Photography courtesy of Spring Fling, Associated Students of the University of Arizona