Warm spring weather on the last day of winter lured Ball State students outside for a fundraiser at the center of campus to benefit a local animal shelter.
In return for donations, members of the Sigma Nu fraternity and Phi Mu sorority took whipped cream pies in the face on Thursday (3/19/26) to benefit the Animal Rescue Fund, ARF.
"Basically, you just pay a little bit of money, and you can come over and pop us in the face with a plate of whipped cream," said Kaiser Daeger, a freshman kinesiology major from North Vernon, Indiana.
When paying donors weren't around, the students, garbed in trash bags to protect their clothes, slapped each other with the pies.
"It's kind of scary, I'm not going to lie," said one woman, wiping the whipped cream from her eyes. "You don't know when you're about to get it. And it's very sticky when it gets in your hair."
But the cause was worth it, she said: "All of our money is going to the ARF Foundation for the puppies and kittens."
Daeger said he is a dog owner but loves all animals. Ball State students regularly volunteer at the shelter, assisting with tasks such as cleaning, grounds maintenance, and working in the clinic, while also organizing donation drives for supplies to help the foster-based animal rescue.
ARF did 583 pet adoptions last year
"Our mission is to promote our promise to love and protect dogs and cats by providing shelter, nourishment, medical care and placement for them," the group said.
- John Strauss
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