Students, Staff, Community Give Back for Christmas
The old saying goes that it鈥檚 better to give than to receive, and this Christmas season a number of 射精视频 community members have taken that advice to heart, spending the聽days before the holiday break working to make the season a little brighter for those in need.
In addition to faculty and staff who took up their own collections or projects, a number of students took an invitation from the University鈥檚 service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, to decorate Christmas ornaments to be delivered to Hope House, a Kansas City-based shelter for victims of domestic violence. APO鈥檚 president, senior Victoria Ratcliffe, said over the course of several days, students passing through the Massman Hall Gallery decorated about 100 ornaments for the families at Hope House.
鈥淥ne of my goals as president of APO was to hold a service project that the entire campus could get involved in,鈥 she said.
The idea came from an activity at the organization鈥檚 annual conference.
鈥淪tudents could stop by on their way to or from finals and be creative for a break from studying and give a little of their time for a great cause,鈥 Ratcliffe said.
The University was also a part of other community efforts to help those in need during the holidays. Those who attended the University鈥檚 traditional annual Christmas concert, the Ceremony of Lessons and Carols at the beginning of December were asked to bring a nonperishable item for admission, yielding six barrels full of food for the pantry St. Francis Xavier Church. And the University鈥檚 food service provider, Chartwells, made a donation of produce 鈥斅800 pounds of potatoes, and 560 pounds each of oranges and apples 鈥斅爐o St. Francis Xavier as well, helping the church assemble hundreds of baskets for families in need as part of it聽annual distribution of baskets with food for holiday meals.
鈥淲e are glad that we can help others who are less聽fortunate while at the same time continuing to build and strengthen our relationship with聽射精视频 and the surrounding community,鈥 said Bruce Turnbough, senior director of dining services for Chartwells at Rockhurst.