From Harford Community College:
Harford Community College recently challenged employees to a Food Feud, an employee challenge to end hunger in Harford County. At the end of the month-long competition, the College collected 3,930 items – totaling 82 boxes of non-perishable food and goods.
The contest was designed to see which building’s employees could collect the most non-perishable items to help stock the shelves at Harford County food banks. Fallston Hall collected the largest number of donations – 1,135 in total. Employees in that building will be rewarded with a free lunch.
Student Development Specialist Dawn Volkart, who coordinated the project for HCC, stated, “ . . . the ultimate goal of raising food for Harford County, giving back to our community, and building a sense of community in each building on campus appears to have been a huge success . . .” Volkart plans to challenge another Harford County business to see if they can top the College’s success.
Donations were made to 10 different food pantries in the county – Fish-St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Aberdeen), Grace United Methodist Church (Aberdeen), Grove Presbyterian Church (Aberdeen), Manna House-Bel Air United Methodist Church (Bel Air), St. Matthew’s Church (Bel Air), Smith Chapel (Churchville), Community Action Agency (Edgewood), Salvation Army (Havre de Grace), Presbyterian Church of Havre de Grace (Havre de Grace), and Trinity Lutheran Church (Joppatowne). Volkart said food banks are experiencing a 40% – 60% increase in usage and are very thankful for donations.
During the competition, HCC set up its own website with the Maryland Food Bank to allow employees the option of donating online. Food donated this way remained in Harford County.
Harford Community College recently challenged employees to a Food Feud, an employee challenge to end hunger in Harford County. At the end of the month-long competition, the College collected 3,930 items – totaling 82 boxes of non-perishable food and goods. HCC Student Development Specialist Dawn Volkart is pictured with some of the items that were donated to help stock the shelves at Harford County food banks.
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