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| 9/1/10 Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority, April 2010: 40 pounds With most foodbanks, $1 is equivalent to about 5 pounds of food because of the many resources available to them. So along with the 12,584 pounds of food, there is also 19,835 pounds via the cash contributions, for a total of 22,419 pounds of food for the hungry citizens of Western Washington.
8/23/10 On behalf of the St. Louis Area Foodbank, it was
a true pleasure to attend and participate in the CKI Convention
held at Washington University August 5, 2010. Between the Foodbank
and STUFH, we were able to promote our organizations’ efforts,
with emphasis on hosting Food Drives and Food Collections geared
towards college students. Having students from all across the nation
allowed us to broaden our ideas in terms of collecting food, as
well as learn Best Wishes,
8/19/10 • Texas Christian University has always supported those in need with varied programs such as Trash To Treasure and Meals on Wheels. This year, Susan Frye of the Tarrant Area Food Bank reports that their students raised 2,000 pounds of food in addition to their week long canstruction challege which raised 10,000 pounds, making a total of 12,000 pounds of foodstuff to help fight hunger in the Fort Worth area.
8/17/10 To learn more about this fantastic effort that makes such a difference for people in need, go to www.slce.colostate.edu/cans-around-the-oval.aspx. You will also find an impressive video which describes the effort in detail. (Also available below in .wmv format)
8/11/10 • Reverend Bobby DeNegal of the Middle Georgia Foodbank in Macon reports that the caring students of Mercer University raised 2875 pounds of much needed food for the Macon area. • Deb McGeorge of the Food for Lane County Foodbank in Oregon reports that their annual Spring Scrimmage Food Drive brought in 45,727 pounds of food and $739.30 in cash contributions. Oregon converts each dollar to six pounds of food so the total raised was just over 50,000. The Scrimmage is such a huge success because admission is free, the Ducks always win, and the ten thousand students attending are asked to bring food for the hungry. Their support is always overwhelming. Deb also reports that this coming year is going to break all records as there is going to be an immense effort at the University of Oregon at Eugene.
8/3/10
7/27/10 George Washington (over 4,000); College students of the District of Columbia are aware and care about the less fortunate of their local community. -------------------------------------- From Jeanna Kindle, Chief Product Acquisitions Officer at the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank: Dan, I can't believe how much this program has grown since you first introduced me to STUFH. In 2009, 125 universities, colleges, trade schools, high schools, fraternities, sororities, and other educational facilities hosted food drives. We received a total of 682,088 lbs in 2009 from 1,146 Food Drive sponsors. As a result of STUFH, 125 of the sponsors and 66,851 pounds were from educational facilities! What makes this even more interesting is that as the economy remained in the doldrums students throughout Los Angeles County continued to find new and innovative ways to make a difference to those in need. The students, faculty, and organizations at USC continued with their Dining Dollars Program. In essence, the students who have extra funds on their dining cards, purchase shelf stable food and donate that product to the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. The USC and UCLA Crosstown Food Drive Rivalry continued -- in 2009, they ended the year with "The Battle of the Cans" at the annual cross town rivalry football game. Although USC was victorious on the field for the third straight year, UCLA brought in the most cans for the third straight year. Nevertheless, I told both my daughter-in-laws (who work at the competing schools) Alexandria (USC School of Architecture) and Nakia (UCLA Transportation Department) that I love them both equally. Crescendo Charter School gave both USC and UCLA a run for top Food Drive Donor from an educational facility by bringing in 5,100 lbs of product. It looks as if you're starting them off younger every year. Thanks to Principal Scott McGuire, the dedicated staff, students, and parents at Crescendo. Dan Khan, on behalf of those in need, I thank you for your hard work and efforts.
7/21/10
7/18/10 Buffalo Can Challenge (BuCC) is an annual campus-wide canned food drive designed to raise awareness about hunger in our community and to assist in alleviating hunger in Boulder County. The BuCC is a competition in which registered campus groups design and build sculptures in a fun and creative way using donated non-perishable food items. Monetary donations are also collected. All food and monetary gifts are donated to Community Food Share, Boulder and Broomfield County’s food bank. Our emphasis for BuCC in 2010 can be summed into four major elements:
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This year, BuCC collected 5,543 lbs of food for the Boulder Community Food Share. That is enough food to feed a family of 5 for 1 year! 8 teams participated in this year’s Canstruction, with an estimated 1784+ individuals participating. The Architecture and Planning group won 1st prize which was $500 to donate to the non-profit of their choice. Pictures of the event were provided and are available on the PICTURES
page.
7/8/10 My name is LaCasey Milton and I am the Food donations coordinator here at the St. Louis Area Foodbank. I assist individuals and organizations with hosting food drives and answering questions pertaining to food drives. Lenora Young sent me your information stating you were seeking information about what colleges and universities have hosted food drives thus far. Below is a list of colleges/universities who have conducted food drives since January 2010: Washington University - 145 lbs LaCasey Milton 7/7/10 For the past sixteen years, Auburn University and the University of Alabama students have competed with each other in the weeks prior to the State's biggest football game to see which University could raise the most food for their local food bank. The Auburn University Student Government Association partners with the Food Bank in this effort. The challenge has grown from a relatively small-scale event with about 1,000 pounds donated to becoming one of the largest food drives in the State. Last year, Alabama captured the trophy after Aiburn University students collected an amazing 164,034 pounds-compared to University of Alabama's 175,653 pounds. The value of last year's donation by Auburn University is estimated to be more than $245,000! The total pounds collected by both schools during this friendly competition over the past sixteen years is the equivalent of more than 826,880 meals or 48 tractor-trailer loads. The real winners of this annual competition are the hungry families fed through the food bank network. This food is channeled into the senior programs, low-income day cares, emergency food pantries, missions and rehabilitation centers that are served by the Food Bank of East Alabama and the West Alabama Food Bank. Martha Henk, 6/2/10 Here is a report of the service project Wheeling Jesuit Circle K (Wheeling, West Virginia) of the West Virginia District did for STUFH. Students put boxes in lobby of each dorm building. All food was collected on May 10, 2010 and was donated to the Community Bread Basket, Inc (3501 West Street, PO Box 154, Weirton, WV 26062. Phone 304-748-7595) The club collected 406 items worth $443.38. The total poundage was 295.59. As I told you in our conversation our state food bank (Mountaineer Food Bank) calculates pounds using the ratio $1.50 worth of food = 1lb of food. The image can be seen on the PICTURES page with the other STUFH-related images.
5/21/10 Hi, Dan. Just a quick report on Auburn University's "Move Out". We collected a total of 3,970 pounds from campus this week. Hope all is going well with you. Martha Henk, Executive Director
5/17/10 We had another successful STUFH this year. Here
are our final totals:
I would like to take a moment to share our immense success in the recent food drive with the Food Bank of South Central Michigan. After three days of collecting, I am proud to report that we raised a total of 424 pounds of food! Thank you so much for your help and support with this project! Courtney M. Meyer
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2/7/10 Find these resources here and here.
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Stay tuned to the STUFH and CKI websites for more info on these initiatives. More info from the CKI side can be requested via email.
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their steps in preparing for food drives and helping enhance community
awareness. It is important to reach out to your neighboring schools
to form creative ideas and build relationships based on one common
goal--fighting hunger. Most of the students seemed to be familiar
with Foodbank and STUFH; however after meeting with us and reviewing
our brief handouts, they formed a more accurate understanding of
our purpose and how they can take action within their own university
organizations and fellow students. It is important for our national
organizations to attend events such as the CKI Convention to network
with others who are trying to make a difference. Lenora Young and
I felt very blessed and honored for the opportunity to represent
the St. Louis Area Foodbank and take part in such a proactive experience.
We look forward to working with your organization and team members
in the near future and encourage you to contact us for any future
events. Thank you!