Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Wrap-Up!
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See photos, read about our impact, and hear how Behrend participated in the week of programming!
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Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this year's Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week activities, events, presentations, and service! Our community is strong, generous, and thoughtful, and we appreciate everyone's participation.
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Behrend volunteers braved the winter weather and brought ingredients to cook, serve, and enjoy a hearty meal of loaded potato soup and salad with ~30 guests at
Community Shelter Services. We fried bacon, peeled potatoes, chopped onions, and had a great time serving the Erie community.
Learn more about Community Shelter Services, and how you can volunteer, below:
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Alpha Phi Omega and Alpha Sigma Alpha competed to create the best structure using items from the food drive donation list. All of the food items used were donated directly to the Second Harvest Food Bank! Altogether, we collected
51 bags of food from the competition!
The winner of this year's Can Castle Competition is: Alpha Sigma Alpha!!
ASA participants will be awarded a catered appreciation party!
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Alpha Phi Omega
Thank you to everyone who participated! Your organization filled 13 bags - directly providing a Thanksgiving meal to 13 families in our community.
Alpha Phi Omega is a co-ed national service fraternity. Learn more below:
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Alpha Sigma Alpha
Thank you to everyone who participated! Your organization filled 38 bags - directly providing a Thanksgiving meal to 38 families in our community.
Alpha Sigma Alpha is a national Panhellenic social and service sorority. Learn more below:
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The Lion's Pantry's awesome balloon fundraiser helped raise funds for the Pantry!
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The Lion's Pantry is always open to donations. For more information on how to donate - contact Rob Felger at rmf293@psu.edu.
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Learn more about how Rob is addressing food insecurity at Behrend by reading the latest article on Penn State News!
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In just an hour, the 30 students participating in the Oxfam Hunger Banquet on Monday night felt their perspectives shift. The two MCs, Karen Sin Li Hor and Muhammad Ali, led the interactive event that brought poverty statistics to life.
During a discussion and reflection period, students commented on the awareness they gained on the issues of global poverty and hunger.
Special thanks to the MCC for their participation and support!
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The Cultural Cooking Club, OACS, ABC, HRPC and other groups and guests made an
AMAZING 101
sandwiches and brown bag lunches
for the hungry and homeless in our community. The bags were filled with sandwiches, bananas, water, napkins, granola bars, and handwritten notes.
The brown bag lunches will be donated to The Upper Room and Community Shelter Services today!
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An INCREDIBLE 21 large bags of winter coats, boots, and accessories were donated to The Upper Room's Blizzard of Blankets.
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If you want to still donate, items will be accepted downtown from 9 AM - 2 PM on the stage in Perry's Square.
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Special Thanks to Reality Check
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The student service organization led students in creating 4 warm and colorful tie blankets during drop-in service to donate to the Blizzard of Blankets.
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Special Thanks to Alpha Phi Omega
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APO led student volunteers in making 37 beautiful plaid scarves during drop-in service to donate to the Blizzard of Blankets.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to our annual Thanksgiving Dinner for 6 in McGarvey Commons. We hope everyone got to know each other as faculty members, staff, students, and most importantly - as a community.
If you didn't get a chance to speak with our guest speaker, Mike Jaruszewicz, after his presentation and you'd
like to learn more about what the United Way of Erie County is doing, feel free to reach out him. You can find his contact information on their website:
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Behrend's Food Drive for Second Harvest Food Bank
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An enthusiastic thank you to all the individuals, departments, student groups, and community members who donated to our annual food drive!!
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Civic Engagement | Penn State Behrend | psbservice@psu.edu
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Follow us on Instagram for more events, activities, and service projects throughout the year!
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