Students and Faculty Gather Food for the Brown Bag Cafe, with a twist
OLIVER PULCHER ONLINE EDITOR
Between Feb. 22 and Mar. 29, the Service Works Club will be hosting the Share The Love Food Drive to support the Brown Bag Cafe. Share the Love is based around a sculpture building competition using the food collected from the drive. STLCC Meramec Student Shannon Hanks came up with the food drive due to her own experiences with the Brown Bag Cafe. “The Brown Bag Cafe is important not only to me,” said Hanks, “but to any students who need something to eat when on campus. I decided to have the food drive because of how important the Brown Bag Cafe is, especially because people are hungry outside just the holiday season.” Everyone is encouraged and invited to participate in the event both as contributors and teams for the sculpture building portion. “We were originally planning on having eight teams who would all be donating around 500 cans each,” said Debbie Corson, faculty advisor to the Service Works Club. “I don’t know how many people will be participating. I do know that professors Pam Garvey and Maxine Beach both have more than one class involved each. So right now, we are expecting several hundred people to be participating.” Students wanting to get involved with the Share the Love Food Drive, for the sculpture event, may do so by signing up themselves and their teams with Corson. Those wanting to get involved through donation may do so using any of the bins placed around campus labeled “Share the Love Food Drive.” Sculpture building will begin Apr. 1; all items which are allowable for donation are listed on both the fliers for the event as well as on the donation bins themselves.
