{"id":26559,"date":"2014-02-24T13:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T18:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26559"},"modified":"2014-02-24T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T18:55:19","slug":"food-drive-hopes-to-feed-hungry-brock-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/02\/food-drive-hopes-to-feed-hungry-brock-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Food drive hopes to feed hungry Brock students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Affordable Food Project<\/a> is running Brock University’s largest ever food drive and is looking for help.<\/p>\n

Perishable and nonperishable food items will be collected Tuesday, Feb 25 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the lobby of Schmon Tower.<\/p>\n

The goal is to collect 10,000 pounds of food in just one day (enough to feed more than 10,000 meals to students in need).<\/p>\n

It is an ambitious goal, but Fed Up has already received a commitment for more than 5,000 pounds so far.<\/p>\n

Students, staff, and faculty who bring in food donations will be entered in a raffle to win a $500 gift certificate to a local grocery store.<\/p>\n

Fed Up The Affordable Food Project started in 2011 and grew out of student hopes to save money on food.<\/p>\n

The food will be used in the program’s grocery delivery and pick up service for students <\/a>(a free service for all Brock students).<\/p>\n

It will also host a series of community food events during the remainder of the term, where free food will be provided along with resources around eating healthy and affordably on a student budget.<\/p>\n

The project incorporated as a not-for-profit in order to grow a handful of food-based initiatives and provide better service for students looking to save money and be given more food options.<\/p>\n

For more information on Fed Up The Affordable Food Project, tweet @FeedBrock<\/a> or visit www.FeedBrock.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Affordable Food Project is running Brock University’s largest ever food drive and is looking for help.
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