Tag: Food drive

Washington University is partnering with Operation Food Search to coordinate the 6th annual PB&Joy University-Wide Food Drive, which runs April 7-19. Every pantry, kitchen and shelter affiliated with Operation Food Search sees a significant need for food during the summer months because St. Louis metro-area children are not in school where they receive at least two meals a day. The food collected during Washington University’s food drive will help supply much needed food for children over the summer months.

The PB&Joy University-Wide Food Drive has supported Operation Food Search’s efforts since 2011, and to date has collected nearly 60,000 pounds of food and nearly $45,000.

There are two easy ways for students, staff, and faculty to participate:
1. Donate food at a drop-off location near you:  Simon Hall, Knight Hall or Knight Center. Kid-friendly foods are preferred and all food is welcome.  No glass items, please!
Click here for most wanted foods

2. Make an online donation to Operation Food Search. Click here to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to Operation Food Search.  Payment is by credit card, and every $5 donation allows Operation Food Search to provide 45 meals!

Click here to learn more about childhood hunger in St. Louis and opportunities to get involved beyond PB&Joy.

On behalf of the Community Service Office and Operation Food Search, we invite all members of the Olin community to participate in a special PB&Joy campus wide canned food drive starting today and ending on September 3.  We are acutely aware that the economic impact of recent events in Ferguson will trickle down to dinner tables for months to come – impacting families who live, work, learn, shop, and receive services in Ferguson and neighboring communities.  The focus is on canned chicken and tuna but all non-perishable food items are welcome.

How to Donate:
1.     Bins are located in Knight Hall (outside 310), Graduate Student Lounge (Bauer Hall), Simon Hall flag hallway and the Student Business Center (2nd floor of Knight Center) for canned goods.
2.     Cash donations can be made online at http://fooddrive.wustl.edu

Image: Andy Warhol soup cans, Alpha, Flickr, Creative Commons

We are happy to share the 2014 results for the PB&Joy campaign….

Student Donations= 837 lbs of food and $165
Graduate Students= 807 lbs of food, $165 cash
Undergraduate Students= 30 lbs of food

Faculty/Staff= 212 lbs of food, $428 cash

Together we donated over 1000 pounds of food items alone.  Congratulations Olin students for your victory once again!  A special thanks to the Olin Partners Association and Olin Cares for rallying the Grad students to donate.  The trophy is yours for another year but we hope you feel great about the good work you did for PB&Joy and Operation Food Search!

Dean Gupta is treating us to a Ted Drewes ice cream social on Tuesday, April 29 from 4:00-5:30pm in the Frick Forum.  Please join us!

Your PB&Joy Ambassadors,
Claire, Rachelle and Laura

Nearly 1 in 4 people living in the City of St. Louis lives in poverty and faces hunger, and local food pantries across the region have experienced a 30% increase in requests over the last year.

As summer approaches and school lets out, approximately 135,000 children in the St. Louis region will lose their access to free & reduced breakfast and lunch.

Together, we can help fill children’s bellies this summer so they won’t go hungry.  Washington University is partnering with Operation Food Search to coordinate the 3rd annual University-Wide Food Drive, which runs April 4-16.

Olin has been a campus leader in Food Drive donations the past three years. With a goal of 5,000 pounds, the faculty and staff are challenging the students to clear out their pantries and donate to this important cause.

There are two easy ways for students, staff, and faculty to participate:

1. Donate food at a drop-off location near you.
Kid-friendly foods are preferred and all food is welcome.  A list of preferred food – and drop-off locations – is available at http://fooddrive.wustl.edu.  Please, no glass items.  Drop-off locations are available on the Danforth Campus, Medical Campus, North Campus, and West Campus.  Peanut butter and canned chicken, tuna, & fruit can be purchased at Paws & Go Market (South 40) & Millbrook Market (North Side). To be counted in the Olin challenge use bins located in Simon Hall Flag Hallway.

2. Make an online donation to Operation Food Search.
Visit http://fooddrive.wustl.edu to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to Operation Food Search.  Payment is by credit card, and every $4 donation allows Operation Food Search to provide one person with enough food for a day. To be counted in the Olin challenge, drop off checks in the MBA office or tell Claire the amount you donate online; one dollar = one pound of food.

Please visit http://fooddrive.wustl.edu to learn more about hunger in St. Louis and opportunities to get involved beyond PB&Joy.