Date: September 30, 2010
Contact: Carol Connelly, Director, Media & Communication Services, ext. 5267, cconnelly@pnc.edu

PNCWA Sponsors Just For Kids Food Drive

Westville – The Purdue North Central Women's Association is hosting a campus and community-wide food drive to collect food “just for kids” for local Salvation Army pantries.

Darlene Livingston, PNCWA Community Service co-chairperson, noted “Northwest Indiana has been hit hard during this economic downturn and many families have to cut back on those items that kids love best. Our goal is to help minimize this burden and provide some kid-friendly comfort food for these families.”

During October, the PNCWA will collect nutritious foods that kids love to eat, including peanut butter, jelly, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, pudding cups, cereal, granola bars and snack items such as mini bags of cookies and crackers, fruit boxes and juice boxes. Baby food is needed and will be collected as part of this drive.

The PNCWA is doing this in cooperation with Make A Difference Day which celebrates extraordinary deeds performed by ordinary people. The power of this day is in individuals making small changes for the better.

During the first week of November, PNCWA will deliver the food to the three local Salvation Army Corps in Michigan City, LaPorte, and Porter County.

Donated food items may be delivered to either the PNC Westville campus in the Bursar's Office in Schwarz Hall, the Admissions/Financial Aid Office in the Technology Building, or the Dean of Students Office in the Library-Student-Faculty Building and PNC - Porter County at 600 Vale Park Drive in Valparaiso. Monetary donations will be accepted to purchase groceries.

A guest book acknowledging donations will be available for donors to sign when they deliver their items.

Additional information may be obtained by contacting Livingston at 785-5200, ext. 5451, or Maria Watson at 785-5200, ext. 5243.