Skip
March 20, 2000 To: The Campus Community From: Sheila K. Gottehrer and Ronaldo Ramirez, UCSC Second Harvest Holiday Food Drive Co-Chairs Re: Second Harvest Food Bank success On behalf of the 1999 UCSC Second Harvest Holiday Food Drive Committee and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties we want to thank you for your overwhelming generosity and support of the 1999 Food Drive. UCSC staff, faculty, and students collected 22,851 pounds of food (which included an amount of pounds equivalent to the monetary donations) for the Second Harvest Food Bank. In 1998 UCSC collected 2,534 lbs. UCSC's 1999 contribution is more than a 900 percent increase over the previous year. Note: Every dollar that is contributed to the Second Harvest Food Bank allows Second Harvest to obtain and purchase 10 pounds of food. For Food Drive award purposes, each dollar is multiplied by three. That figure is then added to the actual pounds of food collected to arrive at a total amount. The final totals include: Pounds of food donated: 5,544 Money donated: $5,769 equivalent to 17,307 pounds ($5,769 x 3) Total pounds: 22,851 (5,544 + 17,307) In addition to thanking the campus community, special gratitude to the following individuals and units: Committee members: Manuel Grijalva and John Holloway. Campus Mail Services staff who were the essential and hard-working link for success. Students from Sigma Omicron Pi and Pi Alpha Phi Scott Jones, University Food Service General Manager of Sodexho Marriott Joe Curtis, @UC Receiving Big Contributor Mail Stops: Biology Department Chemistry Department Physical Plant Humanities Division Psychology Department Registrar's Office Staff Human Resources Social Science Division Computer Engineering Department Roger Anderson, Academic Senate Chair Clare Greene, Staff Advisory Board Chair Jill Bakaet (University Religious Council) and Luke Metzger (CALPIRG), who coordinated the efforts of more than 970 students who fasted and donated the equivalent of two meals to the UCSC Food Drive Josh Pollack, UCSC student who coordinated the efforts of students who donated a portion of their flexi-dollars WE SEEK YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR: We provided options for the campus community to make food and monetary donations as easy as possible: (e.g. money donations sent to Mail Services, drop-off location at West entrance, etc.) If you have any suggestions about how we can improve upon this year's drive for next year, please share your ideas with us. We welcome your feedback! Email: Sheila Gottehrer: ombdskg@cats.ucsc.edu or call: 9-4606 with you comments. Again, thank you for making this event such a success. You helped make a difference.
	Maintained by:pioweb@cats.ucsc.edu