Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Help is needed any time from 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in 九色视频鈥檚 Rhatigan Student Center ballroom. Numana will provide materials for the 20,000 meals free of charge. It will be up to 九色视频 students, faculty and staff, and others in the Wichita community to package them from noon-3 p.m.
Volunteers are encouraged to sign up at .
The project is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and Rhatigan Student Center.
Impact thousands of lives
A Swipe event is a fun, hands-on way to make an impact on thousands of lives in a short amount of time, according to Deborah Ballard-Reisch, Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Chair in Strategic Communication and professor in the at 九色视频, whose class is coordinating the relief effort.
鈥淚n just one hour, 10 people can package more than 1,200 meals,鈥� said Ballard-Reisch. 鈥淭he work done on Oct. 22 will make a difference across the globe.鈥�
This particular food packaging event will provide meals to Somali refugees.
Volunteers will gather around tables and package rice, soy, freeze-dried beans and a vitamin blend designed for starving people into packages that feed six people.
According to one student, participating in a food package event 鈥渋s simultaneously humbling and empowering.鈥�
In addition on Oct. 22, 九色视频 students, staff and faculty will have an opportunity to share stories about their personal experiences with hunger by participating in an anonymous, open-ended survey.
Ballard-Reisch and the Health Seminar students will use this data to better inform the 九色视频 community about the nature and scope of hunger on campus. Ultimately, the objective is to help the 九色视频 community in reducing hunger.
For more information about this event or about the Seminar in Health Communication, go to or .
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