Kids and Friends Weekend is quickly approaching, and the Residence Hall Association members are busily preparing for this long-awaited Disney-themed event.

The RHA will be having its weekly meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday in Pemberton Hall. They will be focusing on each of the committees’ events coming up.

Jake Nees, a senior sociology major and the president of the RHA, said he is excited and that he will be bringing his nephew for the weekend to participate on Feb. 24 and 25.

Members of RHA are also selling Candy Grams for 50 cents until Friday for Valentine’s Day.

Along with the Candy Grams, there will also be raffle tickets for the “29 Dollars in 29 Days basket” for $1 said Nick Allen, a freshman pre-business major.

“29 Dollars in 29 Days” is an all-month February event in which each residence hall was given 29 dollars to go towards a service of their choice.

The RHA Relay for Life team is getting ready for the Relay for Life event on April 13. They will be discussing ways of fundraising for this soon, Nees said.

The Illinois Residence Hall Association will also be attending their conference next weekend at DePaul University.

“We have an amazing group of student leaders going to represent EIU,” Nees said.

Each of the other committees will be discussing its plans for future events.

Other committees such as Social Justice and Diversity have been contacting other organizations that would like to take part in Social Justice and Diversity Week.

Nees said they are looking for organizations of all sorts to run programs throughout the week. The committee will be doing a “writing on the wall” program again.

Community Development committee has been getting ideas together for Green Week.

“It is somewhat new this year with the green theme but at the same time having fun activities that will get students out for some friendly competition,” Nees said.

Nees said students can go to http://castle.eiu.edu/~rhaorg/ to register for Kids and Friends Weekend.

Elizabeth Grubart can be reached at 581-2812 or eagrubart.eiu.edu.