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Campus Holiday Food Drive To Benefit the Mid-South Food Bank

November 15th to December 3rd

The UT Health Science Center is excited to launch its yearlong effort to benefit the Mid-South Food Bank. Pocket change, as well as canned food items, will be collected to help feed those in need.

The Mid-South Food Bank is facing a severefood shortage, and it needs our help. According to its Web site (www.midsouthfoodbank.org), "20 percent of the population has experienced food insecurity or hunger in the last 12 months. That's more than 346,000 people. Of that 20 percent, 31 percent have incomes above the level that qualifies for food stamps. They make too much money for food stamps, but still struggle to feed themselves or their families."

Here is a highlight of those who are served by the Mid-South Food Bank. Through our donations the UT Health Science Center will be helping a wide variety of people in need.

The Mid-South Food Bank:

• serves the hungry in 31 counties, including 12 counties in Tennessee, one in Arkansas, and 18 in Mississippi.
• benefits nearly 300 charitable feeding programs, such as the Boys and Girls Club, Neighborhood Christian Center and the Salvation Army
• distributed 10,247,000 pounds of food and grocery items last year, the equivalent of more than 8,200,000 meals.
• feeds approximately 186,500 different people annually; that's 21,000 people each week who depend on the Food Bank for their next meal.
• turns a donated $1 into $4.23 worth of food or $1 = more than 2 meals!

Monetary donations are also accepted. Those who prefer to make this kind of contribution should contact the food drive representative in their building or go online at midsouthfoodbank.org. If money is donated online, please enter phouston@uthsc.edu as the e-mail, so that UTHSC's contributions can be tracked collectively.  

Assisting the Mid-South Food Bank, which is located a few blocks away on South Dudley Street, allows the Health Science Center to reinforce our commitment to our mission, which includes improving health through public service. We encourage each employee and student to bring a bag of food for the campus food drive.  Please visit our website:  uthsc.edu/fooddrive.

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