The idea of getting one’s holiday shopping done all at once is quite appealing. The Madison College Radiography Club can help. Its students are holding a gift card fundraiser now.

The fundraiser will run until December 2. Ashley Kilburg, Radiography Club president, said the gift cards can provide a good option for holiday shopping.

“The gift card options include a wide variety of participating retailers and dollar amounts,” Kilburg said. “You pay the face value of the gift card, and we get a certain percentage of it, depending on the retailer.”

Kwik Trip is one of the vendors who supplies the gift cards so conceivably a student could get gas with a card. The benefit for the Radiography Club is if a Kwik Trip gift card is bought for $25, Kwik Trip then gives the club nine percent of that $25 or $2.25.

“You have to buy gas at some point anyway,” said Darcy Willis, Radiography Club advisor. “Whether you’re paying for it in cash or paying for it in gift cards, you’re still paying for it, and it’s helping out a good cause.”

In April, the second year Radiography students will go to a statewide convention known as the Symposium, which takes place in Wisconsin Dells. The fundraiser helps offset the costs for the students for that conference that they have to attend.

“It’s a two-day, state-wide event that gets the students prepared for the ARRT board exam,” Kilburg said.

Passing the ARRT or American Registry of Radiologic Technologist, board exam is a necessary rite of passage for those who wish to begin a career in Radiology.

Anyone interested in ordering gift cards through Radiography Club or to find out more info on the vendors, may contact Willis at [email protected].