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United Way kicks off annual campus fundraising campaign
By Aimee Pogson
staff writer
The United Way kicked off its fundraising
campaign Monday at Penn State Behrend. The
event will continue for the next two weeks.
Students are urged to get involved in as many of
the activities as they can.
The United Way is a national organization that
is dedicated to improving communities by
funding programs for various local agencies. The
Erie Branch of the United Way currently funds
39 agencies in the community. Some of these
groups include Hospice of Metropolitan Erie,
which cares for and comforts terminally ill
patients and their families; the Dr. Gertrude A.
Barber Center, Inc., a residential facility that
assists people with disabilities from the time they
are born until the time they are adults,; the YMCA
and YWCA of Erie; the Metro-Erie Meals on
Wheels; and many more.
The money donated to the United Way goes
straight to specific programs that these agencies
provide. The organization has a community
investment committee that examines the specific
programs an agency offers and approves them for
funding. The agencies are required to prove the
outcomes of their programs. By donating money
straight to a program instead of to an agency's
general fund, the United Way ensures that the
donated money will be used for a worthwhile
cause. Of every dollar donated, 99 cents stays in
Erie.
Penn State University has a long tradition of
supporting The United Way. It is the only charity
the University endorses. The University believes
the organization helps to fulfill the mission and
vision of Penn State. It also believes that it is
important to be a good neighbor to the
community. Penn State recruits help and support
from the community and they believe it is
important to give something back.
Behrend hopes to raise $40,000 through this
year's campaign. So far they have raised 20
percent of this goal. The faculty has participated
by making payroll deductions, and students are
encouraged to participate in various activities in
the residence hall. Some of these activities
include a floor challenge in which different floors
in the residence halls compete to see which one
raises the most money and a best smile
competition. Information about these and other
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PHOTO BY CHRISTINE KLECK / BEHREND BEACON
Sister Mary Herrmann of the Sisters of St. Jo
seph Neighborhood Network addresses at
tendees of this semester's first Soup for the
Soul luncheon.
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activities will be posted in the residence halls.
Behrend has already raised $l3O through
activities like taking pictures with the Behrend
Lion, which took place at Saturday's scholarship
lunch. Progress towards this goal can be tracked
on a thermometer posted along the road near the
PHOTO BY ERIN McCARTY / BEHREND BEACON
A reminder of the annual United Way campaign stands near Behrend's entrance. Coordinators hope to raise $40,000.
by Courtney Straub
The Soup for the Soul program that the
Catholic Campus Ministry (CCM) and the
Protestant Canipus Ministry (PCM) started last
spring is continuing this fall. At the first session,
on Thursday, Sister Mary Herrmann from the
Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network
(SSJNN) talked about feeding the hungry and
thirsty. The SSJNN has been trying to help the
area of 12th to 21st Streets and State to Cranbery
Streets.
Sister Herrmann started working at the SSJNN
a couple of years ago. Before that the only people
that she saw hungry were in pictures.
"I never really saw or experienced hunger,"
said Sister Herrmann.
One day she was walking down the street when
a little girl stopped her and asked Sister
Herrmann to talk to her mom. The mom did not
want to talk. Sister Herrmann gave the little girl
a magnet with the SSJNN's phone number on it.
A few days later Sister Herrmann got a call
from the mom asking for food. Sister Herrmann
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Currently there are 70 volunteers from Behrend's
faculty helping the program, and the University
would like to see more student volunteers.
"It's important, I think, for the students to
understand what the United Way does in the
community, because sooner or later you are going
went to the house and could not believe what
she saw
The only food in the house was a can of
vegetable soup, a box of salt, one tube of
crackers, and one bottle of ketchup. Right away
Sister Herrmann worked to get them emergency
food, rent money, and a job for the mother.
"I would never have known that that situation
occurred if I had not been out on the streets. Now
I try to get out of my office as much as I can to
see what's going on," said Sister Herrmann.
The SSJNN has also started a nutrition
program for needy families. The families are
taught how to make the most of money, how to
buy the most nutritious food, and how to cook
the food.
"People don't know how to manage food," said
Sister Herrmann.
In Sept. 2000 the SSJNN partnered with St.
Paul's Church to open a Soup Kitchen. The
kitchen operates every Monday and is staffed
by volunteers. Last Monday the Soup Kitchen
served 117 people. Local businesses and
individuals supply the food. They also donate
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help people less fortunate then you."
If students still want to get involved after the
United Way campaign ends, they may volunteer
their time at any of the smaller agencies. Most
organizations will be more then happy to have
volunteers. Anyone interested in volunteering
problem of
food for people to take home.
The Soup Kitchen has had a very positive
effect on the community and it has some great
rewards. One week Sister Hen - mann showed up
to set the tables and they were already set. The
only person in sight was a 10-year-old boy. Sister
Herrmann asked him if he knew who had set the
tables and he replied that he had. The little ho`
had watched the volunteers the week before to
see where they kept everything.
"Her talk made me think of things I'm doing
and of things I'm not doing. I need to he more
bold and look for opportunities," said Jen Kant/.
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Sister Herrmann shared many other storm•.
about the SSJNN and how the organization is
helping the community.
"She challenged me to go outside of myself
and discover how I can really he the kind of
person to take care of others who are less
fortunate than myself," said Sister Mary Drexler,
the CCM coordinator.
Next week the speaker will be Nancy Dusckas
from the Dusckas Funeral Home.