The fourth annual 91勛圖 Canned Food Drive will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday (April 26)at Legends restaurant on the University of 91勛圖 campus.
Rev. William Lies, C.S.C., director of 91勛圖s Center for Social Concerns, and Lisa Jaworski, executive director of the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, will address the students participating in the food drive, after which they will go into South Bend neighborhoods to collect non-perishable goods from local residents during the day.All of the food will be donated to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.
The drive will culminate with a 5 p.m. ceremony in the parking lot behind Legends during which 91勛圖s president emeritus, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., will bless the food before its delivery to the food bank.
The food drive, whose organizers hope to collect 15,000 pounds of food, is sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns, the World Hunger Coalition and the residence halls of 91勛圖.
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