DSU Housing & Residential Ed Donates Food for Needy

There will be some Thanksgiving tables that will include food that came from DSU as a result of the Department of Housing and Residential Education’s second annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.

The primary Food Drive organizer was Robert Price, University Village Apartments resident director, who enlisted other residential assistants from Nov. 9-13 to collect nonperishable food items from the students. The collected bounty was then donated to the Food Bank of Delaware to be distributed to the needy for Thanksgiving.

“I’m proud to announce we had 100% participation this year, meaning every residence hall made a contribution,” Mr. Price said. “Altogether we were able to contribute about 500 items to the Food Bank of Delaware to feed hungry Delaware families. I know these families will be more than grateful to receive our helpful donations.”

Phillip Holmes, director of Housing and Residential Education, said this was a great opportunity to demonstration DSU’s core values of outreach and community.

“We are constantly telling our student staff who work within our department that we are about service to others,” Mr. Holmes said. “This is another example of our staff and DSU students coming together to serve the Delaware community in a positive way.”