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IVCC collecting food for campus pantry in statewide drive · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  IVCC collecting food for campus pantry, in Statewide Drive. Written by Michael
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  Urbanek. This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to
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  you by Everlet. Illinois Valley Community College is collecting non-perishable food for
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  its campus pantry, Eagles Peak, through November 30th as part of a
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  statewide Community College food drive, according to the colleges. Students, employees, and
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  community members can drop off donations in boxes in the hallway outside
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  the counseling office ctc 202. The need, the Need Campus Food Drive,
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  now in its third year, is organized by the Illinois Community College
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  Board as a competition among the state's community colleges. Each college's donations
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  stay on its own campus. Our campus and community have been tremendously
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  generous to our pantry and this is just another way to continue
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  supporting our students in need,
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  release. Ashley Fitzpatrick, IVCC's Associate Director of Retention and Pantry Coordinator, said.
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  The pantry needs condiments such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and pickles. Staples
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  including salt and pepper, bottled water, cereal, broth, seasonings, cooking oil, ground
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  coffee, and baking mixes. Snacks such as Pop Tarts, Fruit Cups and
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  Granola Bars, and basic needs items such as shampoo, body wash. Deodorant
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  and laundry detergent. It is a great way to have some friendly
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  competition with other community colleges while restocking our campus pantry Fitzpatrick said.
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  The state's 39 community college districts donated more than 180,000 food items
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  in last year's drive, up from 91,000 in the first drive in
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  2024 according to the college. Colleges will report their totals to the
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  ICCB in December. The college that collects the most is scheduled to
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  receive a plaque and recognition at the ICCB board meeting january fifteenth,
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  twenty twenty seven, according to the release.