Since this is a food blog I thought it would make sense to add in this little bit of information! I am part of an international business club at Marist called SIFE. Right now we are taking part in a project called Let's Can Hunger co-sponsored by Campbell's soup. Let's Can Hunger is an international food drive that allows each SIFE team to collect food for their community. The end goal/first place prize is to collect 5,000 pounds of food. I don't think our club will come close to that goal because we started a little late, but we do have close to 1,000 pounds! Our team members knocked on the doors of every house and dorm room on campus. We also had a group go out into the community. Campbell's statistics state that 50.2 billion American are battling food scarcity. The food we collected will be donated to the Dutchess Outreach Center where it will then be distributed throughout the Marist community. One of the main purposes of SIFE is to allow business students and professionals to extend their business knowledge into local communities. I am also starting Marist's financial literacy program in which I will develop a program about personal finance. Our club will then go into local schools to teach students about the importance of financial literacy. We are hoping this project will be carried out this fall!
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