Did you know that there are students on campus who are experiencing food and financial insecurity? There is certainly a need on campus, and the Social Work department has an answer to this need. The Social Work department houses the Carry-Out Community, which provides food and hygiene items to any and all students who may need it. Carry-Out Community is restocked every couple of weeks based solely on donations they have received through ACU Gives. Staff Senate is inviting all ACU Staff to participate in a drive to keep the Carry-Out Community stocked up. The drive will take place from Monday, March 16, through Friday, March 27.<\/p>\n
The following items are most needed: Hygiene items: Shampoo and conditioners (for various hair textures), Deodorant, Body soap, Feminine hygiene products, Toothpaste, Floss, Toothbrushes, Travel kleenex\/tissues Food items: Individually wrapped Granola\/protein bars, Trail mix, Fruit strips\/leathers, Dry pasta, Pasta sauce, Canned beans, Canned chicken breast, Broth, Mac & Cheese boxes and cups, Tuna meal kits, Other high protein and fiber items You can also make a monetary donation using this link<\/a>. These funds will be used to purchase perishable items, such as eggs, milk, yogurt, frozen meals, etc. Almost every building on campus has a collection box for this drive. Contact your building manager for details or reach out to Amanda Spell or Lisa Jones for collection sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you know that there are students on campus who are experiencing food and financial insecurity? There is certainly a need on campus, and the Social Work department has an answer to this need. The Social Work department houses the Carry-Out Community, which provides food and hygiene items to any and all students who may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28073,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12551,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12550\/revisions\/12551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}