Post your 2004 NAFD Totals Here!!

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Going into tomorrow, the UIW Colony has raised 21,000 lbs. THey are shooting for 40,000. I think they will do it.

A unique twist in San Antonio. All three groups in San Antonio are raising food in a coordinated effort. Each group will have its own totals and is responsible for its own efforts, but the overall effort is coordinated between the three groups. All three groups are sharing the same central operations base, where food is brought throughout the day, and where media can meet and follow groups out into the neighborhoods and where all three groups will gather to take the collected food to the SA Food Bank where it will all be weighed and the donation ceremony will take place (with media). I removed my name and phone number.. dont know the loons out there on the net)

Heres the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Andrew A., Alumni Advisor (210) xxx-xxxx
Nick Z., Alumni Advisor (210) xxx-xxxx

LOCAL CHAPTERS OF THE LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY COLLECT FOOD FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
Largest Collegiate Single-Day Philanthropic Event in US

SAN ANTONIO (November 6, 2004) – The three San Antonio chapters of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity are joining forces to help feed the hungry in the San Antonio community by participating in the 11th annual North American Food Drive (NAFD).

Students from St. Mary’s University, University of Texas at San Antonio, and University of the Incarnate Word will collect non-perishable food items from local neighborhoods and their university communities on Saturday, November 6, 2004 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Food items will be delivered throughout the day to the central collection point in the west wing of the University Center, on the UTSA campus. At 7:00 p.m. collected items will be delivered to the San Antonio Food Bank, located at 4311 Director Drive, where they will be weighed and a total donation amount will be announced at 7:30 p.m.

All of Lambda Chi Alpha’s chapters and colonies are expected to participate in the NAFD to help the fraternity achieve its goal of TWO MILLION pounds of non-perishable food items. Locally, the three San Antonio chapters have established a goal of collecting 100,000 pounds of food.

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“This gives us a chance to give back to the community and show that we’re not your typical fraternity,” UTSA chapter president Ross Langham said. “We’re a values based organization focused on developing leadership in our members. This is a great way to do that,” he added. Gideon Jones, chair of the Incarnate Word chapter effort said, “We’ve been working on the details of the food drive for months. It has been hard work, but rewarding. We get to make a difference and help our neighbors.”

The North American Food Drive began in 1993 as international philanthropy project that has raised more than 18.4 million pounds of food for the needy across North America. This annual event has become the largest single-day philanthropic project sponsored by a collegiate organization.

Lambda Chi Alpha is the third largest men’s fraternity in the world with more than 200 chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada and 250,000 members. Celebrating its’ 95th anniversary, Lambda Chi Alpha is a leader in the fraternity world with an innovative undergraduate leadership training program, alumni mentoring program, and constant focus on individual success.
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