UGA community service organizations adapt to COVID-19
Due to COVID-19, UGA community service organizations have been forced to alter their operations as close contact with service recipients has become unfeasible.
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Due to COVID-19, UGA community service organizations have been forced to alter their operations as close contact with service recipients has become unfeasible.
The University of Georgia is home to over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, as well as over 450 buildings. The large population gives the school potential to harm the environment on a large scale just from its day-to-day operations, so making sustainable practices are consequential. Several campus operations have made recent changes in energy use, dining hall waste and transportation in an effort to reduce UGAâs environmental footprint. Saving energy with solar rays A critical component of UGAâs overall environmental footprint is energy consumption. According to UGAâs 201...
A plate of food for a good cause â itâs an attractive model for creators and customers that pop-up projects like The Side Hustle are taking advantage of. âPeople are always going to donate if it benefits them,â said Ally Smith, one of the co-founders and chefs of The Side Hustle. The pop-up was founded about three years ago by Smith, Pete Amadhanirundr and Kenny Nguyen and has always donated profits from its events to Georgia- and Athens-based organizations that align with its values, Smith said. These have included Bigger Vision, Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement, South...
Northwestern students participating in the Wildcat Wellness quarantine were overloaded with food from NU Dining, including meals, non-perishable snacks and milk. Much of it went unused. Once NU Dining Sustainability Director Sarah Levesque noticed the unclaimed meals accumulating, she said she knew her team had to take action. “I put out a call for help to my network,” Levesque said in an email to The Daily, “and organizations from all over the city and Chicagoland area responded quickly to recover the food.” NU Dining worked with a network of local nonprofits, including Evanston Lati...
Washington and Lee University hosts ninth annual Souper Bowl Published Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, 12:00 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Local/State » Washington and Lee University hosts ninth annual Souper Bowl Washington and Lee University and community members plan to tackle childhood hunger in the Rockbridge area one soup bowl at a time. This year’s Souper Bowl will take place in area restaurants the weekend of Jan. 29-31...