| 7/27/10
Molly McGlinchy of the Capital Area Food Bank in DC reports that
the many universities throughout the District of Columbia have once
again come through with tremendous support for their local foodbank.
Over 8,000 pounds of food has been raised in the past academic year
by:
George Washington (over 4,000);
Catholic University (230 pounds);
Georgetown (over 2,000 pounds with their Green Move Out);
Howard (200 pounds);
Prince George Community College (382 pounds); and
University of Maryland (879 pounds).
College students of the District of Columbia are aware
and care about the less fortunate of their local community.
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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
Ryan McCambridge, the food share coordinator for the Linn and Benton
Counties Community Food Share in Corvallis, Oregon was proud to
report that Oregon State University once again increased their support
for their food bank by raising over $100,000 dollars to help feed
the hungry. In terms of pounds of food, Ryan noted that the Oregon
correlation is $1.00 for 6 pounds but he feels that 4-1 is more
realistic. Going by that, Oregon State raised 400,000 pounds to
feed those struggling families in their local communities. Congratulations
to OSU for their generosity and compassion for the less fortunate
in our society.
7/18/10
The 2010 Buffalo Can Challenge in and around Boulder Colorado was
completed with great success once again this year. A great recap
was provided:
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:
- Raising food and awareness for poverty level income citizens
of Boulder County.
- CU student, staff and faculty engagement in fighting hunger
in Boulder County.
- Greater Boulder County citizen participation in a university
created event.
- Education of the issues of hunger in Boulder and surrounding
areas.
We did this by…
- Having groups register as teams and collect canned food
and making structures out of the food they collected.
- Asking for donations from individuals on campus using large
bins acquired from Community Food Share.
- Speaking to various student groups, staff and faculty
- Asking for cash donations.
- Collaborating with Interactive Theater (ITP) and having
them create performances that illustrated hunger.
- Collaborating with Transportation Services to have a Buff
Bus parked on campus the day before Canstruction to raise awareness
and gather donations.
- Collaborating with the Recreation Center to use Carlson
Gymnasium as the site for teams to build their structures and
host public viewing.
- Working with a wide variety of student groups, faculty
and staff that supported BuCC’s mission to work towards
alleviating hunger in Boulder while educating the public about
issues of hunger in Boulder and surrounding areas.
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
A report from the St. Louis Area Foodbank and its Food Donations
Coordinator, LaCasey Milton. In total, 6 schools reported in to
the foodbank with efforts surrounding the St. Louis and Missouri
area.
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
St. Louis University - 80 lbs
Webster University - 40 lbs
Columbia College - 125 lbs
SIUE - 619 lbs
UMSL (Tanhellenic council) - 1,026 lbs
LaCasey Milton
St. Louis Area Foodbank | Food Donations Coordinator
7/7/10
A great letter from Martha Henk, Executive Director of the Food
Bank of East Alabama, detailing the efforts that make the Auburn
University - University of Alabama Food Fight rivalry the success
that it is.
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,
Executive Director, Food Bank of East Alabama
6/2/10
Tara Sheperd, West Virginia Assistant District Administrator &
Program Administrator for Community Bread Basket writes in with
a report of a service project with the local Circle K chapter.
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
A report from the University of Auburn and the Food Bank of East
Alabama about their Spring Move Out:
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
Food Bank of East Alabama
5/17/10
Kristie Brinkley, Coordinator of Volunteer Services and Non-Traditional
Student Services at the University of Central Missouri reports with
end of semester results:
We had another successful STUFH this year. Here
are our final totals:
Food for Warrensburg Food Center : 900 lbs.
Clothing for Big Brothers Big Sisters: 110 bags/boxes
Teachers Warehouse School Supplies: 9 full boxes/ over 500 items
Hope all is well with you Dan! Have a great day!
Also reporting in is Courtney M. Meyer of Albion College in Michigan:
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
President and Founder, Albion College Circle K
4/30/10
Two new STUFH resources from the CKInsider, courtesy of Toby Markham,
STUFH Service Ambassador.
CKI
Insider - How to host a theme can food
CKI
Insider - STUFH Hunger
4/15/10
As the 2010 end of semester results begin to be counted up, Transylvania
University and God's Pantry Food Bank in Kentucky report in that
the Annual Transylvania University Campus Sing yielded 11,439 pounds
of much needed food. Great results, especially in this economic
climate.
4/7/10
Via CKI, a guide for "7 steps to holding an end-of-the-year
food drive through STUFH". View it here.
3/4/10
A recap, with photos, of the Hill Country Division Spring Rally
in the Texas-Oklahoma CKI District in Austin, TX is available here.
The event was held at the end of January. Great work to Juan Juarez
and his entire division on planning this project.
2/27/10
Robert Srodulski of God's Pantry Food Bank in Kentucky reports that
they are holding their annual Food Drive and Campus Sing on April
6th, 2010. The students at Transylvania University have raised over
100,000 pounds of food at this event over the past five years, making
a real difference for the hungry people of Kentucky. Learn more
about God's Pantry Food Bank online on their website.
2/7/10
More new web links are provided as part of the growing list of ideas
to expand the educational resources in the efforts to fight hunger.
Both come courtesy of Toby
Markham, CKI's STUFH Service Ambassador, and the CKInsider.
Find these resources here
and here.
12/3/09
Some new web links are passed along as updates by Toby
Markham, CKI's STUFH Service Ambassador, on the efforts
to hit 125,000 pounds of donations:
- An educational piece called Poverty
Dinner.
- 11
Steps for a Successful Food Drive
- A STUFH / CKI Facebook page has been created, and can be found
here.
11/14/09
Toby Markham, CKI's STUFH Service Ambassador, is continuing to bring
in news of new efforts around the country. Some of the most recent
items include:
- Main goal is to have 125,000 lbs of food donated to food pantries.
- Hopes to develop a STUFH Fan Page on facebook.
- STUFH Your Face Thanksgiving/Christmas Dinner.
- Penny War at LSSP in St Louis for a food pantry.
- Tip-Me Section for CKI website.
- Education Pieces for all of these events.
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.
10/26/09
Toby Markham, CKI's STUFH Service Ambassador, has put together a
new resource for a fun Fall activity. The "Trick-or-Eat"
resource can be done at Halloween or any time surrounding during
this time of year. Read about it here.
10/20/09
Still suffering from the ravages of Katrina and now the economic
crisis, twelve universities are teaming up to fight hunger in Louisiana
at the end of semester this November and December. Louisiana ranks
#1 among states with the highest number of young children, ages
0-5, who are food insecure. CKI Clubs, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
and other student organizations are joining together to raise food
as students depart school. Rather than discarding their unused food
products into the trash, they will throw the items into food bins
supplied by their local food banks. This humanitarian recycling
effort will make a real difference for those in need of help. Participating
universities are Louisiana State University, Nicholls State University,
Southeastern Louisiana University,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Millsaps College, Loyola University,
University of New Orleans, Louisiana Tech, Northwestern Louisiana
State University, Grambling State University, University of Louisiana
at Monroe and Mississippi State University.
10/13/09
A new citywide food drive effort is underway, this time in the nation's
capital. Seven Washington Metropolitan Area Universities are teaming
up to fight hunger in an End Of Semester Food Drive during the months
of November and December. Info can be found here.
Check back for more updates leading up to the events.
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