For the University Community
Community Letter
August 1, 2011
Dear University of Northern Colorado community member:
More and more Americans turn to the nation’s food banks, soup kitchens and shelters for meals. Government reports also show that the number of Americans needing food assistance is increasing; the number of Weld County residents requiring help has grown, too.
University of Northern Colorado students from the School of Communication created a plan for a campus-wide food drive/competition to benefit Weld Food Bank in spring 2006. In 2011, our fifth annual food drive, we collected approximately 60,000 pounds of food in cash and cans. We encourage participants to donate cash, not just cans. One dollar donated is equal to 6 pounds of food.
The registration deadline for the sixth annual “Cans to Candelaria” food drive is Sept. 19, 2011, and we encourage you to challenge another similar group!
If your club, organization, residence hall, department, school, college, or any other group on campus has done a food drive in the past, please consider doing your drive during the “Cans to Candelaria” competition. The Weld Food Bank presents a trophy to be presented to the winning UNC group or organization at the conclusion of the drive on Thursday, Sept. 22.
For more information about deadlines or how you and your UNC colleagues/ peers/ teammates/ club members/etc. can participate, please see our Web Site. Consider a challenge! If you have any questions, contact associate professor Alana Cline at (970) 351-1783 or e-mail her at Alana.cline@unco.edu.
Sincerely,
The Cans to Canelaria 2011 planning committee
Dr. Alana Cline
Dr. Lee Anne Peck
Chelsea Bell