Food drive kicks off next week

By Alex Roman
Daily Forty Niner

The University Interfaith Center will be holding its annual food drive to coincide with World Food Day, running from Monday, Oct. 16 through Friday, Oct. 27.

"The 16th is World Food Day, so in connection with that we will be kicking off our annual food drive," said United Methodist Campus Minister Mary Kay Will. "We'll have boxes for collection in various places throughout the campus, like in the Foundation Building."

The food collected from the food drive will go to the Los Angeles Food Bank, which will serve the Los Angeles and Long Beach areas.

"I think the good thing about this is that the food will go back to the people in the area," Will said.

Will said she encourages people on campus to give as much as they can.

"The key is non-perishable food, like boxed or canned goods," she said. "It's all needed ... everything will help."

The center is not putting a goal on how much food it wants to raise, Will said, but hopes that the entire campus will make a contribution.

"We're trying to fill up as many boxes of food as we possibly can," Will said. "The more boxes the better."