(Each Monday during the academic year, I feature a "Campus Highlight": a unique, interesting, and noteworthy student organization, program, or initiative that demonstrates the amazing things college students do each and every day across the country.)
I need to issue a disclaimer for this week's Campus Highlight: I used to work at the University of San Francisco and participated in their Thanksgiving Food Drive when I was there. That being said, while my experience at USF might have made me a little biased, it also provided me with a great insight into what a great event their Thanksgiving Food Drive is.
The drive aims to collect money from faculty, staff, students, and alumni to help provide "enough funds to buy food baskets for 130 families in the Western Addition neighborhood, near USF." (Storing food donations can get logistically complicated.) During a time when everyone on campus is busy preparing for the holiday themselves, the Thanksgiving Food Drive is a great way to give back to a neighboring community and a great reminder that, as stressed as you may be about, say, your paper, there's always time to give back to those who are less fortunate. The program does a great job, too, of bringing the entire community together for one cause; when I was a staff member there and volunteered, I drove my car while several students hopped out to deliver Thanksgiving dinners to several families on our delivery list. Talk about a community working together in all kinds of ways!
Keep up the great work, USF! You're doing a great job, with programs like these, to help change the world.
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