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holiday stars project highlights

Goal surpassed!

The final Holiday Stars Project event was held Dec. 4 in the PAC. We loaded up all donations onto the Central Illinois Foodbank truck and celebrated the holiday spirit of giving! Watch a video!

Food collected by UIS Food collected at UIS

Students donate food

Students load the truck
Stuffing the truck with food Chancellor Ringeisen and students with food collected for the food bank.
Students donate food Food bank truck

Trick or Treat for Canned Goods

Students participateThe 10 teams that took part in the campus' first Trick or Treat for Canned Goods competition on Halloween collected 2049 pounds of food, surpassing the original Holiday Stars Project goal of 2008 pounds of food for the Central Illinois Foodbank.

Sponsored by the Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center, the Holiday Stars Project is a campus-wide service initiative giving focus to UIS' efforts to make a difference in the local community during the upcoming holiday season.

Kelly Thompson, director of the Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center, said, "Given the students' enthusiasm and energy for this project and the wonderful response they received, the Project Committee challenges the campus community to help us double our first goal and collect 4,016 pounds of food by December 4."

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