Rutgers student groups, departments, and other offices are encouraged to plan events to tackle hunger issues by raising money, increasing awareness, and collecting food year-round. Remember, hunger is an issue throughout the year.

• How To Plan an Event

Here are upcoming events that could use your support:

• THE GREAT UNIVERSITY BAKE SALE
  Pre-orders taken: Nov. 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, & 20th
  Pick up pies: Nov. 23rd or Nov. 24th
  

  Buy an applie pie for your Thanksgiving dinner!  These delicious and large 9 inch pies are only $8. One less thing you have to prepare and all the proceeds go to MCFOODS. To place your order, download the order form here.

• THE BIG CHILL 09- A CHARITY RACE TO HELP KIDS
  

  Saturday, December 12th

  Check-In                 7:15AM - 8:45AM
  

  Line-Up for Race    9:00AM
  

  The Big Chill is a unique charitable event. There is neither a registration fee nor a requirement to raise funds. Instead participants are asked to bring a new toy for a child between the ages of 3 and 14.  Check out the Big Chill website for more information and to register for the race.
  

 

Ongoing Food Drives

• Rutgers Hillel
  Hillel has launched a continuing food collection drive around their annual mid-November Day Without Hate and Cultural Extravaganza awareness programs. The Hillel house maintains a collection bin and the members are working with Elijah's Promise on speaker programs and community outreach. For more information, contact Julia Selznick at selz.julia@gmail.com.
  
  
• Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Food Drive
  Hunger Here at Home is an ongoing drive to collect several hundred pounds of food by the holiday season to be donated to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. In addition, the brothers are working with Winter Wishes to create wrapped boxes of food as gifts to be taken directly to families' homes in New Brunswick. The brothers are very passionate about this campaign "because many of us are coming from unfortunate backgrounds in which poverty and hunger are very prevalent." For more information, contact Joseph Johnson at jojohn27@gmail.com.
  
  
• Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity Food Drive
  Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity will conduct a food drive from January to April, discounting cover charges at events in exchange for food donations during the Spring 2009 semester. The conclusion of the event will feature a competition between student organizations to create the best can structure/sculpture possible. This can-struction event may be linked to related initiatives on Rutgers Day, April 25th, throughout the university. For more information, contact Enrique Noguera at revolucionta1986@yahoo.com.
  
  

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