During Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Elon Dining and Campus Kitchen are collaborating to help fight food insecurity in Alamance County. Donate five canned goods at Lakeside Dining Hall and receive a free meal. In addition, the Faces of Homelessness Panel will be Monday, Nov. 12.
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week falls right before the Thanksgiving break and that week Campus Kitchen, housed in the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, will be providing education and support toward ending hunger in our community.
In partnership with Elon Dining, from Monday, Nov. 12, through Friday, Nov. 16, any student, staff, faculty or community member who brings five canned goods to Lakeside Dining Hall gets a free meal.
The donated goods will go to The Salvation Army and Allied Churches of Alamance County. These community partners distribute food on a daily basis to local residents. The food for Allied Churches will stock their kitchen to support their hot meals served and the Salvation Army food will stock their pantry which is now combining the Allied Churches food pantry program with its existing emergency food program (details here) to ensure uninterrupted service to families and individuals experiencing food insecurity.
Current needs include:
Canned Protein I Pasta & Pasta Sauce I Beans & Mixed Vegetables I Breakfast Items I Coffee I Peanut Butter I Snacks/Granola Bars
In North Carolina, one out of four children don’t know where their next meal will come from and between 2010-16 the Carolinas have regularly ranked among the top ten states with the highest percentage of citizens experiencing food shortages; over 2.6 million of our neighbors or nearly one in eight (Feeding the Carolinas). Help us address this important need in our community by bringing five canned goods and enjoy a meal in Lakeside Dining Hall.
In addition to the 5 for 1 canned drive, during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Campus Kitchen and Habitat for Humanity’s campus chapter will be hosting the Faces of Homelessness Panel in McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center, 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12.
This panel, assembled by the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), will share personal and powerful experiences of homelessness with the Elon community. NCH is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected. Presented as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Sponsored by the Campus Kitchen at Elon University and the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement.
To get involved and/or to learn about more about Campus Kitchen, please visit the Campus Kitchen website.