Thanks Ross Community - 2015 Kresge Library Food Drive

In June 2015, the Kresge Library wrapped up our 4th Annual Springtime Food Drive.  As in years past, we collected material from the students, staff and faculty of the Ross Community for local Ann Arbor Area food banks.  This year, we had a late jump on the food drive, but we did receive 25 boxes of food and personal products that were shared with two excellent food banks in the area.

We ended the drive on Friday June 5th - which was National Doughnut Day.  We will likely try to keep that tradition going.

There are two good reasons we host a food drive in the spring:

• While many organizations coordinate food drives around the holidays, hunger is a year round problem. Food drives during the spring and summer are less common, but are critical for food banks’ ability to help families in need.
• At Ross, nearly 40% of our students graduate every year after Winter Term and many leave Ann Arbor. A food drive is a great way to lighten your load as you head out with your degree in hand, while helping less fortunate people in Michigan.

Here are the 12 boxes of food and personal products that were collected for the Hope Clinic (Ypsilanti, Michigan).

Here are the 12 boxes (and one bag) of food and personal products that were collected for Saline (Michigan) Area Social Service.

In addition, we also collected 13 jumbo rolls of paper towels that were given to Crafty Cat Rescue in Ann Arbor, Michigan).  We did not get a picture of the paper towels - but these two kittens did not seem to worry about that!

A big call out to the Ross Community for participating this year.  Maybe we can make it bigger next year!