You must be the change you want to see in the world. – Gandhi
Holiday stars project
Making a difference in people's lives
What is the Holiday Stars Project?
Since Spring 2008, a campus-wide committee has been meeting monthly to help bring focus to what the UIS community can do together to make a difference in people's lives locally during the upcoming holiday season!
First ever UIS Holiday Stars Project:
- December: SEE HIGHLIGHTS from our project wrap-up! The final Holiday Stars Project event was held Dec. 4 in the PAC. We loaded up all donations onto a Central Illinois Foodbank truck and celebrated the holiday spirit of giving!
- November: Continued efforts campus-wide on donating canned goods in specially marked Holiday Stars Project food bins. We will also be participating in a federal Hunger study with the Central Illinois Foodbank.
- October: SEE Trick or Treat for Canned Goods HIGHLIGHTS!
- Teams registered for this campus-wide competition to see who could "trick or treat" for the most canned goods and were given a neighborhood to canvas along with doorhangers to distribute in that neighborhood prior to Halloween. Doorhangers informed the community about our project and why UIS representatives will be in their neighborhood on Halloween! 
September: Project announcement — this year's project will benefit Central Illinois Foodbank and our goal is to collect 2008 pounds of food!!
