Don’t forget about direct deposit, it’s the best way to raise funds, and you’ll never even miss your donation because it happens before you get your paycheck! Go to the food drive website to download the form.
This year’s theme is “Race to end Hunger” so let’s start getting in shape!
]]>SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or what used to be called food stamps. If you’re a SNAP participant, you receive $21 per week to spend on groceries, or $1/meal. Could you do it? Could you go a week spending only $21 on food?
It’s a challenge OSU Students in Free Enterprise (OSUSIFE) voluntarily took on last fall. OSU SIFE Team Executive Council member Natasha Badaa made the mistake of heading for the grocery store without a list, without planning out a menu, and without researching ideas for inexpensive foods and meals.
“Although we were able to breeze through Winco buying food and keeping under budget it was not until early in the challenge that I realized how wrong my shopping attempt was. I did not buy enough food. I did not buy enough satisfying food. I did not buy enough healthful food. And I did not take into account the essentials like coffee which ended up costing me exponentially in physical, mental, and emotional distress.” The experience taught her empathy and confirmed her desire “to do more to help those in poverty even more.” You can read more about Natasha’s and other student experiences with the SNAP Challenge and other activities at http://oregonstate.edu/groups/sife/. In addition, SNAP Challenge videos are available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LmvuADvLoqk.
You too can choose to take the SNAP Challenge and see how it feels to only have $21/week to spend on food, or you can simply choose to help those who live the SNAP Challenge by participating in any of the many food drive events taking place on the OSU campus during the month of February!
— Julie Howard, College of Forestry
]]>I will stop looking for the perfect apple after having watched this show. I know it doesn’t matter if the carrot tops are a bit wilted, but we as a society are definitely trained to search for the “best” looking item in the pile.
]]>The Face of Hunger, something to think about, huh?
]]>Please save the date for Wednesday, January 11 at 4:00 pm for the annual food drive kick-off meeting. We will be meet at the home of OSU’s Emergency Food Pantry – Snell Hall, International Forum Room, southwest corner of Snell Hall/MU East. http://oregonstate.edu/cla/anthropology/foodpantry/home
We would like to get a start on updating our coordinator list. Please visit the food drive website to view last year’s list (and view the totals we would like to beat this year!). We will be updating this list for the 2012 drive. Please notify Kate Sanders (541-737-6522) if you have any updates or additions. http://oregonstate.edu/urm/events/food-drive
It is that time of year again when we start winding down and closing out fall projects, preparing for winter and spring terms and getting ready to spend time with family and friends. Please remember to think about one of the many families our food donations serve. This month alone, the Linn Benton Food Share will feed over 12,300 families through their emergency food box program. Through all their programs, the Food Share serves nearly 1/5 of the population in Linn and Benton counties. You are helping your neighbors by donating.
Thanks you and we look forward to working with you during the 2012 OSU Food Drive.
Kate Sanders
Kate.Sanders@oregonstate.edu
541-737-6522
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