The fundraising efforts of Charles Sturt University (CSU) students have paid off for the NSW Volunteer Rescue Association (VRA). Each year during Orientation at CSU, the students select a charity or community organisation for which they raise money during the week’s activities. During Orientation 2010 the new students and Orientation student leaders raised a total of $4 613.50 for the VRA. “The collection of over $4 500 by the students during the busy Orientation period is a wonderful effort and demonstrates the contributions they make to their local communities,” said Mr Chris Roche, Student Support Officer in the Division of Student Services at CSU in Wagga Wagga. The top fundraisers were the students in Wagga Wagga who collected $2 169.75 for the local VRA, followed by Bathurst with $1 526.40, Albury-Wodonga with $579.05, Dubbo with $195.70 and Orange raised $142.60.