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How to help:
Student Groups
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Identify someone within your group who will act as your food drive coordinator.
Send
that individual's name, mailing address, location of collection container
(if applicable) phone number, and email address to Shelly Houghtaling (see contact information on the bottom left of this page).
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Discuss with your group food and fund-raising ideas. See "Food and Fund
Raising Ideas" link to the left. Challenges between student groups are an effective
way to stimulate interest and have some fun while doing a great community
service. Food donated through this drive must be non-perishable and commercially
canned and packaged so the food will not spoil and can be handled safely
and efficiently. There is a great need for food high in nutritional value,
such as: canned meats, canned fish, stews and soups, canned fruits and
vegetables, pasta, infant food/formula, powdered milk, and peanut butter.
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If you choose to collect food as an activity, establish a food collection
site. The use of empty copy paper boxes as your food collection container
makes handling and weighing food that is collected easier, but any clean
and convenient container will work. Please display posters in visible areas,
on collection containers, and distribute extras to promote your activity.
Final
pickup for campus sites will begin Friday, February 29. If you need food
donations picked up prior to this date, contact Shelly Houghtaling or the Linn Benton Food Share at 752-1010. Don't forget to mention that
you are with the OSU Food Drive and be sure to pick-up a receipt. Please
send or fax a copy of your receipt(s) to Shelly Houghtaling. Receipt copies need to be received by March 5.
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If you're planning a special food or fund-raising event, please let us
know about it. Send an email message describing your event to: shelly.houghtaling@oregonstate.edu.
We want to be able to share this information with the campus media.
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Each dollar donated counts as five pounds of food towards our Food Drive
goal. Consequently, cash donations are encouraged. Checks should be
made payable to Linn-Benton Food Share. Cash should be delivered to
Shelly Houghtaling. Please turn money in as you go and convert
coins to bills. A receipt will be returned to your organization's food
drive coordinator (please be sure to indicate the correct address for the
return receipt). Donations are tax deductible.
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To thank you and acknowledge your efforts, awards will be given to the top three producing student
groups.
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Remember, every effort counts, both big and small, so have fun, and know
that your efforts are helping to feed hungry children and their families
in our community.
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