Un­der­class Stu­dent Coun­cil Hosts Canned Food Drive Com­pe­ti­tion

MISHAWAKA -- The Un­der­class Stu­dent Coun­cil of­fi­cers have or­ga­nized their an­nual canned food drive for Faith Bap­tist Church in South Bend. The cam­pus-wide drive be­gan Nov. 1 and will be held un­til Nov. 22. Bins can be found in al­most every stu­dent and fac­ulty build­ing around cam­pus, in­clud­ing the Aca­d­e­mic Cen­ter, the Huff­man Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing, the Ever­est-Rohrer Chapel, the sci­ence build­ing and in the Wiekamp Ath­letic Cen­ter.  

Zach Kern, vice pres­i­dent of the Un­der­class Coun­cil, said Stu­dent Coun­cil has been an­nu­ally or­ga­niz­ing this canned food drive for years with the hopes of sup­ply­ing less-for­tu­nate fam­i­lies with meals for the hol­i­days.  

There is a $100 prize for the stu­dent group who do­nates the most goods. Stu­dent groups are or­ga­nized by dor­mi­tory build­ings, and com­muters are their own group. Whichever group wins can choose what to spend the money on, such as food or an ac­tiv­ity. 

“It is be­ing given to the dorm or group, in­clud­ing com­muters, and that group can do what­ever they want with it,” Kern said.  

Kern also said that the coun­cil is re­ceiv­ing ques­tions on what stu­dent group the Lo­gan Street res­i­dents be­long to, and he said they are in­cluded in Founders.  

The cans will be col­lected on Nov. 22 and do­nated in time for Thanks­giv­ing.