Eastern Contributes 200 Boxes to 'One Million Acts of Good'
Willimantic, CT (03/27/2019) — Eastern Connecticut State University students assembled 200 boxes of nonperishable food items on March 26 as participants of "One Million Acts of Good," a program sponsored by Ellen DeGeneres and Cheerios. The boxes of granola bars, cereal and other nutritious snacks were donated to community organizations across Willimantic the following day.
Some 50 students stopped by the Student Center Lobby between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to help in the effort, which benefited the local Covenant Soup Kitchen, Access Agency, Salvation Army and seven afterschool programs, as well as Eastern's on-campus food pantry Shawn's Cupboard.
Eastern's food service provider, Chartwells, partnered with General Mills, which donated the food items. Eastern was one of 100 Chartwells higher-education clients nationwide that participated in One Million Acts of Good. The lunchbox-sized boxes that students assembled were provided by MATTER, a global nonprofit dedicated to increasing healthy food access to children.
Written by Michael Rouleau
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Eastern Connecticut State University is the state of Connecticut's public liberal arts university, serving more than 5,300 students annually at its Willimantic campus and satellite locations. In addition to attracting students from 163 of Connecticut's 169 towns, Eastern also draws students from 26 other states and 20 other countries. A residential campus offering 40 majors and 65 minors, Eastern offers students a strong liberal art foundation grounded in an array of applied learning opportunities. Ranked the 25th top public university in the North Region by U.S. News and World Report in its 2018 Best College ratings, Eastern has also been awarded 'Green Campus' status by the Princeton Review eight years in a row. For more information, visit www.easternct.edu.
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Eastern students and staff stand before 200 boxes full of donated food items.
Accounting major Alex Rooney took time between classes to fold MATTER boxes.