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Ithaca Buddhist Meditation
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
Ithaca Buddhist Meditation
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
Dining Services partnered with the BackPack Program of the Southern Tier to raise money for meals for children in need in Tompkins County.

Dining Services holds food drive for children in Ithaca area

By Simon Rosenbluth, Contributing Writer • October 30, 2017
The BackPack Program will take the proceeds from the food drive and distribute food to children in need throughout Tompkins County within the next few months.
Chris Allinger, WQNY’s Q Country radio show host, walked around Tompkins County to raise money and awareness for the Food Bank of the Southern Tier's BackPack Program.

Q&A: Radio host walks across county to raise money

By Kyle Arnold, Staff Writer • September 30, 2015
If we filled my backpack, we could fill the kids’.
Christopher Hanna, a senior developmental sociology major at Cornell University, argues that people across the world waste 1.3 billion tons of food per year, and that we need to focus more on this issue in society.

Sodexo to raise money to combat local childhood hunger

By Ryan Price, Contributing Writer • September 29, 2015
Food Frenzy, which has existed for roughly 10 years, is a charity event that incorporates foods from Sodexo and outside vendors to create an all-you-can-eat food buffet that costs a donation of $3. All donations from the event benefit the BackPack Program for The Food Bank of the Southern Tier.
The Sodexo-Ithaca Dining Services team stands with Chris Allinger (center) with the amount to be donated to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier's BackPack program.

Local country radio host Chris Allinger walks to stop childhood hunger

By Sara Kim, Online News Editor • September 14, 2014
In recognition of September as Hunger Action Month, Ithaca College supported Q103.7 radio host Chris Allinger as he stopped by the college Sept. 12 for the last leg of his 100-mile walk around Tompkins County.

College and City: March 27

March 26, 2014
Retail locations accept donations to Food Bank, faculty program to include Mexican political culture, and more.
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