“You are raising awareness on campus that food insecurity is still with us, and that we can all play a role,” said OSU Events director Shelly Signs, who led this year’s Food Drive. More than 60 OSU colleges, departments, divisions, offices and business units participated in the food drive, holding more than 75 activities, ranging from Bingo to a peanut butter and jelly bar.
“These activities have a direct impact on students who experience food insecurity,” OSU President Ed Ray told the organizers. Last year alone, the OSU food bank distributed 83,000 pounds of food, or an estimated 63,000 meals for members of the community.
Ryan McCambridge with Linn-Benton Food Share said the drive is about more than just raising money and food, but also about providing the Food Share with the means to provide support and smiles to local residents in need. He quoted Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers), who said, “From the time you were very little, you've had people who have smiled you into smiling, people who have talked you into talking, sung you into singing, loved you into loving.” McCambridge said those moments happen every day at the food pantry.
“What you’re funding is for that smile to happen,” he said.
The following is a list of winners of the food drive competition, by team:
Off Campus
Third Place: Tillamook County Extension and Open Campus
1516 meals.
Second Place: Wallowa County Extension
2273 meals.
First Place: Hatfield Marine Science Center
3302 meals.
Student Organizations
Third Place: Vietnamese Student Association
89 meals.
Second Place: Naval Science Beaver Battalion
1530 meals.
First Place: Honors College Student Association
5111 meals.
Team 1: 1-20 Employees
Third Place: Extension and Experiment Station Communications
3620 meals.
Second Place: BEE – Biological & Ecological Engineering
5769 meals.
First Place: 6th floor Kerr
9149 meals.
Team 2: 21-50 Employees
Third Place: AMBC - Agricultural Sciences and Marine Sciences Business Center
5898 meals.
Second Place: School of Public Policy (Sociology, Economics, and Political Science)
6666 meals.
First Place: University Relations and Marketing
8584 meals.
Team 3: 51-100 Employees
Third Place: Student Health Services
5422 meals.
Second Place: School of Language, Culture and Society
5655 meals.
First Place: Botany and Plant Pathology
26,828 meals.
Team 4: 101+ Employees
Third Place: Crop and Soil Science
30,555 meals.
Second Place: Foundation and OSUAA
44,973 meals.
First Place: College of Forestry
45,803 meals.
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