You’ve got three more days to contribute to Mail Services’ 10th annual Holiday Food Drive. Davis campus donations will go to the Yolo Food Bank, once the drive winds up Friday (Nov. 20).
After that, here’s another way to help: Participate in the Yolo Food Bank’s seventh annual Running of the Turkeys or support Team Physics in that event.
* — Leave your food donations with your unit’s outgoing mail, and Mail Services personnel will pick it up.
Over the years, Mail Services has collected 8.5 tons of food for the Yolo Food Bank and Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.
* — Five-kilometer run and walk, starting at 8 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, in downtown Woodland. Register as an individual or consider joining Team Physics, organized by Professors Lloyd Knox and Richard Scalettar.
The professors have set a fundraising goal of $4,000, and they are matching all contributions, dollar for dollar, up to the fundraising goal. Contributions include team members’ registration fees, as well as donations made through this .
“As teachers, Richard and I care deeply about the development of young minds.” Knox said. “We are saddened that so many children in Yolo County do not get all the food they need to perform at their best. We are heartened that the Yolo Food Bank exists so that our money, and our friends’ and colleagues' money, can help to meet those needs.”
Knox reminded that the food bank can turn every dollar into more than two meals, so, if Team Physics reaches its goal, that $4,000 will equate to more than 8,000 meals.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu