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Lambda Chi Alpha organizes food drive for Oxford pantry
Caitlin Varley
Issue date: 10/30/07 Section: Campus
The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha are looking to drive hunger out of Oxford.
Lambda Chi Alpha's 14th North American Food Drive will make its first appearance since the early 1990s at Miami University Nov. 3-10.
According to junior Cameron Berner, chair of the food drive, Lambda Chi Alpha was re-colonized on Miami's campus in October 2006, after membership in the 1990s got so small the brothers at the time decided to end the fraternity when they graduated.
"They just wanted to give us a couple years off and then a chance to restart so that we could go back to being one of the larger fraternities on campus," Berner said.
The North American Food Drive is the international philanthropy for Lambda Chi Alpha, but this will be the Miami chapter's first time participating in it since the re-colonization.
Berner said the food drive for Miami's chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha will be a challenge because the undergraduate brothers have never done this before.
"It's different for us because we have no idea what we're doing, but we're still trying to make something great out of it," Berner said.
The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha and interested participants will be at the Hub from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7 collecting food, talking about the need for food in the community and
answering questions.
According to Berner, Lambda Chi Alpha will be donating all of their food collection to the Oxford Community Choice Pantry, which was chosen in conjunction with the Office of Community Engagement and Service Learning.
"We chose that food bank because it is . . . in Oxford and we want to give back to our immediate surroundings and because . . . it is new, just like we are, so we identify with the fact that it's just starting out," Berner said.
According to Berner, all chapters and colonies of Lambda Chi Alpha donate the food they collect to a food bank or pantry that is close to their campus.
Berner said that Lambda Chi Alpha's greatest hope is to create awareness about the need for food in the community. He added that they also want to raise food to make a positive difference.
Lambda Chi Alpha's 14th North American Food Drive will make its first appearance since the early 1990s at Miami University Nov. 3-10.
According to junior Cameron Berner, chair of the food drive, Lambda Chi Alpha was re-colonized on Miami's campus in October 2006, after membership in the 1990s got so small the brothers at the time decided to end the fraternity when they graduated.
"They just wanted to give us a couple years off and then a chance to restart so that we could go back to being one of the larger fraternities on campus," Berner said.
The North American Food Drive is the international philanthropy for Lambda Chi Alpha, but this will be the Miami chapter's first time participating in it since the re-colonization.
Berner said the food drive for Miami's chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha will be a challenge because the undergraduate brothers have never done this before.
"It's different for us because we have no idea what we're doing, but we're still trying to make something great out of it," Berner said.
The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha and interested participants will be at the Hub from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7 collecting food, talking about the need for food in the community and
answering questions.
According to Berner, Lambda Chi Alpha will be donating all of their food collection to the Oxford Community Choice Pantry, which was chosen in conjunction with the Office of Community Engagement and Service Learning.
"We chose that food bank because it is . . . in Oxford and we want to give back to our immediate surroundings and because . . . it is new, just like we are, so we identify with the fact that it's just starting out," Berner said.
According to Berner, all chapters and colonies of Lambda Chi Alpha donate the food they collect to a food bank or pantry that is close to their campus.
Berner said that Lambda Chi Alpha's greatest hope is to create awareness about the need for food in the community. He added that they also want to raise food to make a positive difference.
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