UMBC-Shady Grove Students Gather for Community Service

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:47:28 -0400
community, service, shadygrove

On April 17, approximately 30 students at UMBC's Shady Grove campus made more than 300 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to benefit two local community organizations, Helping Hands Shelter and the Montgomery County Women's Shelter, as part of the first Big Event: A Day of Service.

A student planning committee, chaired by Jacobi Martin, led the event. Martin, a junior Psychology major and Social Welfare minor said: “Having food and being able to eat is a basic need, and it is taken for granted. I learned that it is easy to forget about the less fortunate right in our backyard. Through the whole process of calling charities, soliciting donations, and making then delivering the sandwiches, UMBC at Shady Grove was able to connect with the community.”

The Big Event: A Day of Service was made possible through donations from Food Lion, Target, Costco, Giant, and Safeway.