Student Volunteer Connection

Hunger and Homelessness

Awareness Week is right around the corner!

November 15-22, 2009!

• Sunday, November 15 -Plucker's Fundraiser - Eat at Plucker's in San Marcos and be sure to tell them you're there for the SVC Benefit.  15% of proceeds (excluding alcohol) will go to the Southside Community Center and Hays County Food Bank.
   
• Monday, November 16 - Hunger Banquet - This powerful and free event, taking place in the LBJ Student Center Ballroom, will showcase how common and widespread hunger is in our own communities across the nation.  It will include food, a speaker, and invaluable information on a national problem!
  
  
• Tuesday, November 17 - Blanket Extravaganza - Stop by our tables in the Paseo of the LBJ Student Center and help make a blanket.  SVC will be providing fleece, so grab a handful, sit down, tie some knots, and keep a family warm this winter!  All blankets will be donated to the Southside Community Center.   
   
• Wednesday, November 18 -Donate a Swipe  -Have a meal trade?  Want to make a difference?  Simply stop by our booth in front of Commons dining and "donate-a-swipe!"  Proceeds will go to benefit the Southside Community Center and the Hays County Food Bank 
  
  
• Thursday, November 19 - Movie Night - "Art from the Streets"   Art from the Streets is a feature length documentary about a program for homeless artists called Art From the Streets. This all-volunteer program was established in 1991 with the idea of providing a safe and nurturing environment for homeless people to produce art. They accomplish this mission by sponsoring twice weekly art “classes” and an annual show to sell their work.  The film tells this story by tracking five of the artists over the course of a year. Viewers will visit homeless camps, learn the daily challenges of street life, and witness the strengths of human character. You will also experience the 2-day show and sale where the artists’ work is sold and where they interact with people that they rarely have a chance to encounter in such a positive way. Click here to view a trailer of the award winning documentary.  The film will be shown in the LBJ Student Center Teaching Theater at 7:30.
  
  
• Friday, November 20 - Feed the Hungry- Southside's Annual Thankgiving Dinner for the homeless citizens of San Marcos will be served.  Let's bring as many Bobcat helping hands as possible and really make a difference! 
  
   
• During this entire week, SVC will also be hosting a campus-wide canned-food drive.  So look around campus for collection boxes to drop off your non-perishable food items for a great cause!  All food will go to the Hays County Food Bank!  Let's make a difference in the lives of others in need this fall!  Feed 'em up, Cats!

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