Give more than thanks
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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Donate now and help put a meal on someone’s table this Thanksgiving.
LBCC’s annual Thanksgiving food drive is taking place this week. Last year, the drive supplied 125 baskets of food to the students and faculty of LBCC who didn’t have the money to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with their families.
The drive not only gives people the basket of food, but also supplies them with a $15 gift card for Safeway. Monetary donations will be used to cover the balance of food that isn’t supplied by the food drive.
A number of boxes are set up at the campuses to facilitate easy donations. The food must be non-perishable and not out of date, but they will take anything, even if it’s not traditional Thanksgiving food.
Right now, they are low on donations of food and money, and time is running short: The deadline to donate is Thursday Nov. 19.
“We just don’t have the items we normally have,” says Tammi Drury, a faculty member who has been working with the food drive for years.
Drury says that the effects of the food drive last beyond Thanksgiving. In the past, people have donated a lot of non-traditional food that families will be able to use after the holiday.
The baskets are not always the same because of the wide variety of food that people give. Effort is made to match donations to suitable families, such as giving baby food to a family with an infant.
Not only are they low on food and cash, but they still need names of people to give baskets to. They encourage any student or faculty member at LBCC to call them and get signed up for a food basket.
“People haven’t quite wrapped their heads around [the idea that] Thanksgiving is in a week.” said Leta Brown, print technician.
For those wanting to receive a basket, the process is simple. All you need to do is call in and submit your name; once they have checked that you are attending LBCC as a student, you are approved. Then, head over to pick up your basket of food on Saturday, Nov. 21.
“For some families, this means the difference between having a Thanksgiving meal and not. It’s awesome to see the joy in their face when they come in on Saturday,” said Brown.
If you are interested in helping out, but don’t have food or money to give, volunteers are welcome. Drury says that anyone can volunteer, and it’s never too late.
“We want to help, and we’re proud to help, and we take care of our own here; we kind of pride ourselves on that,” said Brown.
Thanksgiving food drive is sponsored by: Classified Association, AAWCC, Student Government, Student Programming Board Faculty, Management group.
*Deadline to donate or
sign-up for a basket:
Thursday, Nov. 19th*
Checks can be made out to AAWCC, and should be given to Tammi Drury or Leta Brown. To sign-up for a basket contact Tammi Drury at 541-917-4818.
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