Poodle skirts and plain white t-shirts were once again all the rage as the prom from Back to the Future invaded Lipscomb’s campus Saturday night for the third annual Full Moon Festival.
“It is an inclusive event for all of campus, so not just certain social clubs are invited, but people from all clubs are invited and people from all over Lipscomb,” social director for Theta Psi William Sisson said.
Theta Psi and Delta Omega hosted the event featuring live bands and dancing.
The event served as a platform for alcohol awareness and the drinks at the event were served in red solo cups.
“We thought it’d be ironic to have our alcohol awareness event look like a high school prom,” president of Theta Psi Michael Clinger said.
Each social club is required to put on both an event that financially benefits an organization of its choosing and one that raises drug and alcohol awareness.
“It was really nice that we got to take care of both of our requirements with this one event,” Clinger said. “It’s great to have an awesome group of guys and have the manpower to get it done.”
Full Moon Festival benefited Five Plus Two Ministries this year. Senior Jordan Beale helped start the organization during her sophomore year after taking a semester off from school to live in Kenya and work with an orphanage.
“I helped start the ministry along with my family and home church in Kentucky,” Beale said. “I really started to feel a calling from the Lord to go over to Kenya.”
Full Moon Festival raised approximately $1,1000 for Five Plus Two Ministries. The money will aid in building a transition facility for young people in Kenya who graduate high school and need a place to further their skill set and possibly learn a vocation.
“Right now there are no transitional facilities for the kids who graduate high school, and this will go towards sponsoring that project,” Beale said.