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Wittenberg Students Raising Awareness and
Canned Goods to Fight Hunger

Nov. 9, 2007

Wittenberg's Post 95 had less customers last week as students participated in a banquet in the Center Dining Room to raise poverty awareness.
Springfield, Ohio – The Wittenberg community recently participated in two projects designed to fight hunger. Wittenberg Dining Services and the Wittenberg University Sociology Club hosted a hunger banquet in conjunction with Cans Across America, sponsored by Sodexho, that resulted in a total donation of 1,258.70 pounds of food collected for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Clark, Champaign and Logan counties.

Earlier this week, Wittenberg students participated in a banquet held in the Gus Geil Lounge in the lower level of the Benham-Pence Student Center that included a meal of beans, rice and water to help raise their awareness to the issues of poverty.

Students with meal plans had the option to donate a meal for the cause, and a portion of each meal's cost was used to buy canned goods for the Cans Across America effort. Those without meal plans who wanted to participate donated an item of canned food for admission.

Presentations providing Information about hunger and poverty continued throughout the meal.

The second project involved an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest food drive by a non-charitable organization in a 24-hour period. Non-perishable food items were donated by members of the campus community from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Written By: Leigh Malach '08

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