Miami University

Halloween food drive to stock food pantry shelves

10/27/2009

Members of Buck Rodgers Business Leadership Program at Miami University's Farmer School of Business will hit the streets on Halloween night to collect culinary basics for the local food pantry.

The students will host its first annual "Trick-or-Can" event Oct. 31 in the neighborhoods of Oxford. Students will drop off bags at homes the week of Oct. 25 that homeowners can use to package donations of canned goods and other non-perishable food items. The students will canvass the neighborhood in teams from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween to pick up the donated items, which will be given to Oxford Community Choice Food Pantry.

The organization’s goal is to collect more than 1,000 food items to support the food pantry, which provides emergency food to hungry children and adults throughout the community.

For more information, contact Jackie Combs, president of the Buck Rodgers Business Leadership Program, at combsjw@muohio.edu or Sharon Attaway, program adviser, at sharon.attaway@muohio.edu.