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Community Fridays for a Cause


The next “Community Fridays for a Cause” is tomorrow, Friday, November 4th.

The Peer Mentor Food Closet will be the recipient of donations raised through the “Community Fridays for a Cause” program.

Unfortunately, there are students at our College who come to campus hungry and in need of temporary assistance by way of an occasional snack or meal.  The Peer Mentor Food Closet was started about 10 years ago to provide assistance to students who had no food and no money to buy food. 

The Peer Mentor Food Closet provides packaged food, such as soups, crackers, granola bars, mac & cheese, oatmeal, applesauce, Ramen noodles, tuna, Jello, puddings, etc. (nothing needing refrigeration) 

Hundreds of students have been served through the Food Closet over the years, sometimes providing a day's worth of meals or snacks, and sometimes providing meals and snacks for a student and their children.  The Food Closet is not a long-term solution, but a source of occasional nourishment.

The need for this service has always been greater than the food kept on the shelves.  The Support Staff Development Committee has provided food and monetary donations for the past few years keeping the Food Closet open and available to assist our students.

This Friday, November 4th wear school colors in support of our College community and the Peer Mentor Food Closet.  Your generous donations through the Community Fridays for a Cause program will allow the Peer Mentor Food Closet to replenish the shelves and ensure our students will have a place to go if they find themselves in need of nourishment.

Donations will be collected in each department.  All checks should be made out to the MCC Association Inc. with a notation in the memo spot stating “food closet”.  Donation envelopes have been returned to the departments to be used again on November 4th.   Please bring donation envelopes to Jodee Biller in the Controller’s Office no later than 4:00 PM on Friday, November 4th.

Martha Maher-Garcia
Human Resources and Organizational Development
11/03/2011