| National Orange Day 3.24.07 @ Greater Boston Food Bank |
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| Written by Kristen Krikorian | |
| Monday, 26 March 2007 | |
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13 Boston area alumni celebrated National Orange Day on Saturday, March 24th, 2007 (the official date Syracuse University was founded) by volunteering at the Greater Boston Food Bank... The afternoon began with a social pizza party (courtesy of Bertucci's). Then after a short training, volunteers inspected, sorted and repacked donated grocery products that are then distributed to hunger relief agencies. With our help and the other 96 volunteers at the Food Bank that afternoon, we were able to provide meals for over 12,750 people! We sorted over 20,600 pounds of food! Each of our volunteers sorted 152 pounds of food, making 117 meals possible for volunteer! It was a fun, and productive, day!! Check out the pictures in the Photos section! Thanks for all your help and Happy Orange Day!! :-) The Food Bank distributes 24 million pounds of food annually to hundreds of hunger relief agencies in a dedicated partnership to feed our region's hungry. Please visit them online for more information at www.gbfb.org. ALSO.... As you may recall, a Syracuse alumni started a blog last year: www.givingbacktosu.com, that details events and news about Syracuse and its alumni that give back to SU through their time, talents and treasure.
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