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EVENT NEWS / November 29, 2007

Boise State University Dining Services, Volunteer Services Board Hold Holiday Canned Food Drive

Boise State University Dining Services and the Volunteer Services Board are sponsoring a canned food drive through Dec. 14 to benefit the Idaho Food Bank. Donors can drop off canned food items at University Dining Services locations throughout campus.

University Dining Services is encouraging Boise State students, faculty, staff and visitors to bring a canned food item with them every time they come to campus.

“Our goal is to raise awareness and support for anti-hunger organizations in the local community,” said Jim Emmons, general manager of University Dining Services.

The Volunteer Services Board, a student-run organization, and University Dining Services are holding the drive in response to the problem of hunger in Idaho and across the United States. According to the Idaho Food Bank, one in eight Idaho children — 49,570 children — go to bed hungry every night.

For more information, call Emmons at 426-1642.

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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

Boise State University professor Heidi Reeder has been named the 2007 Idaho Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She is an associate professor in the Department of Communication. Reeder’s honor marks the 11th time that a Boise State professor has earned this award, and the seventh time in the last decade.
 

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Last reviewed on Monday, December 03, 2007