By Shoshannah Nunez
A recent visit from President Bush ushered in the holiday season at the Central Virginia Foodbank. Along with the excitement of the season comes a greater need for Foodbank volunteers and food donations.
The Foodbank’s motto is: “This holiday, please don’t let them go hungry.”
Foodbank donation boxes can be seen all around VCU. They are part of a food drive organized by the Student Advisory Board of the School of Mass Communications. Donations will be accepted at the Mass Comm administrative office, Temple 2216, until Tuesday, Dec. 18 – the last day of exams.
“It’s important to give,” said Lauren Hidalgo, an 18-year-old freshman. “I’m a college student, I don’t have a lot of money or extra food, but I mean, pretty much everyone has an extra can of soup or some peanut butter or something.”
Last year, the Foodbank distributed 12.9 million pounds of food to the needy. Just over 1 million pounds of that was collected in food drives like the one at VCU.
Brenda Miller, the Foodbank food drive coordinator, said that the kindness of communities like VCU is vital to helping people who are in crisis.
“The generosity of the community during the holiday season significantly helps us to maintain an adequate food supply throughout the winter,” Miller said.
