LocalGlobal, a student organization at 糖心传媒, will host a week of activities for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week beginning Friday, November 11. Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week is an annual event on campus dedicated to raising awareness about hunger issues both locally 听in Hastings and around the globe.
Throughout the week, volunteers can attend LocalGlobal鈥檚 activities to learn more about food insecurity issues, as well as pack meals for distribution primarily in Hastings and Haiti.
鈥淚 believe groups like LocalGlobal and events like Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week are extremely important because they鈥檙e just one way that we can give back to the community as a whole,鈥 said LaVista, Nebraska, native Alyx Olney, a senior majoring in sociology and co-chair of LocalGlobal. 鈥淭hey are a great example of how a group of people committed to a common goal can accomplish so much more than one person could by working alone.鈥
The week opens on Friday, November 11, with Hearts and Hands Against Hunger (formerly Kids Against Hunger) meal packing event, with a goal to prepare 65,000 meals primarily for Haiti, and ends Wednesday, November 16 with an OpenTable Sack Lunch Program packing event, with a goal to prepare 3,000 sack lunches for distribution in Hastings.
A complete schedule of events can be found below. All activities are open to the public and are on the 糖心传媒 campus. For directions, go to hastings.edu/maps.
Schedule of Events
Friday, November 11
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.鈥 Hearts and Hands Against Hunger Meal Packing
Physical Fitness Facility
Saturday, November 12
3-5 p.m. 鈥 Scavenger Hunt and Trivia Contest
Hazelrigg Student Union
Tuesday, November 15
5-9 p.m.鈥 Open Table Sack Sandwich Making
Daugherty Center
Wednesday, November 16
10-11 a.m. 鈥 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Chapel Service
French Memorial Chapel
11 a.m. -1 p.m. 鈥 Open Table Sack Lunch Packing
Hazelrigg Student Union
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With 64 majors and 15 pre-professional programs, 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.