Nov. 30, 2001
GW Community Gathers to
Give Back at Holiday Event
By Zach Kancher
The annual all-University holiday gathering, a staple
of the GW community, will be held Dec. 18 in the Marvin Center, from
24:30 pm. Themed, Celebrating Our Community, the holiday
gathering takes on a special meaning this year in the wake of the Sept.
11 events. As usual, food and entertainment will be provided, as will
raffle drawings (prizes last year included airline tickets, stereos,
and gift certificates). Greater emphasis, though, is being placed on
the number of charitable activities the party will sponsor.
An addition to the charity lineup is the University-wide
blood drive on Dec. 10, in the Marvin Center Ballroom from noon8
pm, co-sponsored by the Marvin Center Governing Board and the Student
Association.
A great success last year was the Marvin Center Governing
Board/Student Association clothing drive. Making an encore appearance,
donation boxes for the clothing will be placed in various locations
around campus.
Other charitable activities include: Adopt-A-Family,
which solicits gifts and donates them to families in need; Toys for
Tots, the long-standing charitable drive run by the Marine Corps; the
Faculty/Staff DC Scholarship Program, which raises funds for scholarships
for students from DC schools; and a greeting card program that sends
holiday greetings to GW hospital patients and residents of St. Marys
Court. Holiday participants also may bring a can of food to the Dec.
18 event and be entered into a special prize drawing.
Volunteers are needed to help manage and steer the
aforementioned activities. Those interested can contact Sandra Little,
School of Medicine and Health Sciences, at 994-3620, or E-mail her at
msdsll@gwumc.edu.
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