Every year faculty, staff and students in the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine make an impressive showing in the cross-campus competition to raise the most money and food for Linn-Benton Food Share. This year featured a wonderfully creative cupcake war; a huge silent auction that included some amazing gift packages; a diverse and delicious chili cookoff; and for the first time ever, Jamie Senthirajah’s head raised a significant donation.
Dr. Jana Gordon was a relentless bidder and won the right to shave off Senthirajah’s luxiorious head of hair for a fifty dollar donation to the food drive. The spectacle took place in the Magruder atrium to cheers of support and provided a climatic end to this year’s very successful food drive. CVM’s total haul was 42,105 pounds of food to earn us second place in our category.
Grand totals for the OSU campus were $65,718 from events; payroll contributions totaled an additional $56,630; and 15,702 pounds of food was collected. All cash donations are converted by the statewide figure of 4 lbs. purchased for $1, bringing the total food poundage collected this year to 513,096.
