Colleges Compete in Spicy Challenge to Benefit Lift Up Vikes! Food Pantry
老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS) and the College of Sciences & Health Professions (COSHP) put the spice in a friendly competition for the benefit of 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 students in need.
CLASS faculty and staff challenged their COSHP colleagues to donate the most spices and oils to the university鈥檚 food pantry, Lift Up Vikes! Both colleges came out strong, collecting a total of 180 pounds of goods.
While the COSHP team edged out its CLASS colleagues, the real winners are 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 students who rely on Lift Up Vikes! for non-perishable food items, eggs and meat.
The colleges opted to collect spices and cooking oils because Lift Up Vikes! is in need of these items to supplement the food basics it provides to 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 students.
鈥淭he goal was to help 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 students and to raise awareness about the presence of the Lift Up Vikes! on campus,鈥 said Cheryl Bracken, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.
鈥淲e are grateful to all faculty and staff who willingly pitched in,鈥 added Meredith Bond, dean of the College of Sciences & Health Professions, 鈥渁nd really want to highlight the critical work our food pantry does to support our students.鈥
Lift Up Vikes! offers a simple, dignified and compassionate process through which 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 students are connected to resources that supplement nutritional and other basic human needs. Started in February 2016 as an expansion of the 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 Women鈥檚 Center food pantry, the program meets a real and growing need. On average, 15 students are fed per day. To learn more, visit .