News Release

April 2, 2007


Boise State University 'A-Team' Hosts Food, Supply Drive for City Light Home for Women and Children

Seven Boise State University students known as the “A-Team” will host a food and supplies drive for the City Light Home for Women and Children from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 14 in the Bronco Stadium parking lot.

Community members are encouraged to donate 30-gallon trash bags, Pedialyte (liquid or freezer pops), feminine hygiene products, razors, dental floss, clothing items, food (including meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, dairy products, cereal, juice and eggs), paper products, study Bibles, baby items, bus passes and vitamins. Donations may be new or gently used.

The A-Team is a group of students enrolled in a leadership class who are learning how to effect positive change in the community; the group has decided to focus its efforts on the problem of poverty in Idaho. According to a 2005 study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Idaho was ranked as the eighth hungriest state in the county. The U.S. Census lists the Idaho child poverty rate at 16 percent, and estimates that one of every eight children in Idaho goes to bed hungry on a daily basis. The students chose to help the City Light Home based on those statistics.

City Light provides shelter and meals for women and children who are seeking to move off the streets. The home also contains the year-long New Life Drug/Alcohol Recovery Program and houses 15 women and 11 children.

For more information about the food and supply drive, visit the A-Team’s MySpace account at www.myspace.com/theateambsu. 

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Contact: Hiwot Kassaye, The A-Team, (208) 220-6042, hiwotkassayebetre@mail.boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Tuesday, May 01, 2007