{"id":117506,"date":"2019-12-13T12:27:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T19:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=117506"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:55:10","slug":"competitive-spirit-gave-battle-of-the-departments-food-drive-a-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=117506","title":{"rendered":"Competitive spirit gave Battle of the Departments Food Drive a lift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The shelves of Clyde’s Cupboard are full thanks to generous donations from the UCCS community during the Battle of the Departments Food Drive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Generosity and a hint of competitive spirit among the UCCS community resulted in the most successful food drive in the history of Clyde’s Cupboard this November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UCCS staff and academic departments were once again invited to join the three-week Battle of the Departments Food Drive competition, which occurs each fall semester. All donations help fill the shelves of Clyde\u2019s Cupboard, the on-campus food pantry that helps feed hungry students at UCCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the three weeks of the competition, which ran from Nov. 4 to 22, departments donated a total of 7,870 food items and $2,219 in financial gifts to the Clyde\u2019s Cupboard crowdfunding campaign, Change for Change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dean of students Ray Fisco stands next to a cupboard full of donated boxes of cereal, a popular item among students using Clyde’s Cupboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Competing teams also donated 465 gently used professional clothing items to Clyde\u2019s Closet, an initiative hosted through the Career Center that outfits students in professional attire for jobs, internships and interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The addition of clothing and monetary donations made the competition “our most successful food drive to date,” according to Ray Fisco, dean of students and main organizer of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s very humbling to see our whole campus come together to support this campaign,” Fisco said. “It really showed the level of care, the level of support and the level of love they have for our students.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nthe first time, Clyde\u2019s Cupboard used a per capita model to calculate the\nwinner of the competition. To give smaller departments and teams a fair shake, donations\nwere divided by the number of members on each competing team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Healthy, fresh foods fill the new refrigerator at the Cupboard, where students can pick up perishables during Fresh Food Friday events.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The\nUCCS Graduate School team was named the 2019 Battle of the Department champion\nfor donating the most items per capita, with the Office of Sponsored Programs\nand Integrity and UCCS Downtown team named the runner-up. Clyde\u2019s Cupboard\ncelebrated the third-place Financial Aid Office for donating the most items\noverall, and the Sociology Department for donating the largest sum of money to\nthe Change for Change crowdfunding campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fisco\nreceived volunteer help from students Heather Marx, Tapasya Patel and Dani\nBrowne and from representatives of UCCSLead and the Chancellor\u2019s Leadership\nClass, all of whom helped to gather donations from campus departments. Carlie\nSnethen, a graduate student assistant for the Dean of Students Office, counted\nand tracked donations to determine the competition champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clyde\u2019s\nCupboard accepts all donations made at any time. Healthy, non-perishable items\nsuch as breakfast cereal, peanut butter, canned beans, boxes of pasta and\non-the-go meals are especially helpful to students. Students wishing to\nuse the pantry may visit it in the Student Lounge in University Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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