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Editorial: Mac's food bank program benefits entire community

Editorial: Mac’s food bank program benefits entire community

April 18, 2018
Not only is Mac’s finding a way to make sure its surplus stock is not going to waste, but the food if filling a real, tangible need.
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.
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.

College and City: Feb. 6

February 5, 2014

Tompkins Library to host presentation on Mandela The Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with Cornell University’s Africana Studies and Research Center, the John H. Clarke Africana Library...

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