[IMC] Bring Canned Food Donations to Quad TODAY 12-5

[Goines, V]

Good afternoon,



Remember to bring your canned food donations to Anniversary Plaza, on the main Quad just south of the Illini Union, between 12-5p on Monday, September 30, for CANS ACROSS THE QUAD!  Canned food donations must not be rusted, dented or expired. All canned food items are accepted. The most needed items for this canned food drive are canned meats or fish, canned complete meals, canned fruit, boxed meals, and peanut butter. All canned food will be donated to the Eastern Illinois Foodbank (EIF). Volunteers needed to help count cans, and move donations between 12-7:30pm. Drop by or sign-up at http://go.illinois.edu/hungervolunteer. For more info, see below.


The 6th Annual Cans Across the Quad will take place Monday, September 30, 2013 from 12-5pm on University of Illinois Quad, 1401 W. Green St. in Urbana. The campus community is collecting canned food donations for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank. Individuals and organizations are asked to contribute canned food products toward the goal of collecting 5,000 cans. Donors are encouraged to bring cans to Anniversary Plaza on the Illinois main Quad from 12-5pm (just south of the Illini Union). Large donations may be delivered to the Illini Union Circle Drive on Green Street, where volunteers will help to unload. Cans will be counted beginning at 5pm and total number of cans collected will be announced at 6pm. Registered Students Organizations (RSO) have issued challenges to each other to see who can collect the most cans (15oz or larger). Challenge winners will be announced at approximately 5:30pm.

An estimated 1 in 8 people in Illinois live in poverty. Champaign County's poverty rate is estimated at 21% -- higher than that of Cook County! September is national Hunger Action Month. OVP encourages supporters to wear orange for Hunger Action on Monday, September 30th. Cans Across the Quad is sponsored by the Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs (OVP) to educate the Illinois campus and C-U community about local hunger issues. Following on the heels of the SNAP Hunger Challenge, an educational activity where participants attempt to live on $5.00 per day, Cans Across the Quad is one of several programs that encourages area residents to take action by donating canned food for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank (EIF).

Canned food donations must not be rusted, dented or expired. All canned food items are accepted. The most needed items for this canned food drive are canned meats or fish, canned complete meals, canned fruit, boxed meals, and peanut butter, nutrient-dense items which provide more nutritional value per serving. Food provided to the Eastern Illinois Foodbank (EIF) is distributed to those in need through a network of more than 220 agencies and programs, including faith-based organizations, schools, food pantries and soup kitchens - across 14 counties, including Champaign County. The programs receiving EIF distributions serve more than 100,000 people annually. One in three of the clients served by EIF agencies is a child. Canned food drives such as Cans Across the Quad are key sources of food and funding for efforts to alleviate area hunger.

Volunteers are also needed to assist with collecting and counting cans during the event as well as moving and packing cans after the event. For more information contact the Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs (OVP) at ovp at illinois.edu<mailto:ovp at illinois.edu> or (217) 333-7424. Sign up to volunteer by completing the form at http://go.illinois.edu/hungervolunteer.

Cans Across the Quad is sponsored by the Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs (OVP) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

About Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs
The Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs (OVP), a division of Student Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) exists to promote community service and to enhance and expand meaningful student involvement in community service as well as in public engagement. One of its main functions has been to provide a clearinghouse where volunteer opportunities can be matched with willing student volunteers. The OVP continually strives to increase students' awareness of the needs of the Champaign-Urbana community. The goal is to enrich the educational experience of students, faculty and staff at Illinois by fostering collaborative relationships and partnerships within the community. For more information about OVP, visit http://www.union.illinois.edu/ovp.


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Vaneitta Goines, Program Advisor,
Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs (OVP)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
P: (217) 333-7424    F: (217) 244-4294
ovp at illinois.edu<mailto:ovp at illinois.edu>
http://www.union.illinois.edu/ovp
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