Flashes Fighting Hunger

Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week Food Drive

• Center for Undergraduate Excellence (CUE) Lobby
• Academic, Community, and Career Engagement Center (ACCE) Lobby in the Schwartz Center (Rm. 261)
• Graduate Student Senate Office
• Graduate Studies Office

This food drive begins on Monday and concludes on Friday. All donation items will be part of the Wagon Wheel Food Drive against the University of Akron, which will occur throughout the month of November. All items will benefit Flashes Fighting Hunger (formerly Campus Kitchen).

Donate any of the items listed below:

• Toiletry items (razors, tissues, soaps, etc.)
• Cooking oils and sprays (canola, olive, vegetable)
• Condiments and sauces
• Canned fruits and vegetables
• Pasta, rice, macaroni and cheese, ramen, etc.
• Nuts and dried fruits
• School Supplies

• Beverly J. Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center Lobby
• University Library First Floor Lobby
• Kent Student Center First Floor (outside 106)
• Academic, Community, and Career Engagement Center (ACCE) Lobby in the Schwartz Center (Rm. 261)

The Winter Coat and Clothing Drive is coordinated by Career Exploration and Development, Community Engaged Learning, Kent Student Center, the Office of Sustainability, and the Women's Center. This initiative collects clean, gently used or new items for all ages including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. Those wishing to donate can look for large boxes with Winter Coat and Clothing Drive signs at the locations listed to the left.

Winter coat and clothing donations will go to the Winter Warm Up Stations at the Williamson House and Schwartz Center room 261, and the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Center, which provides items to homeless individuals, families, elderly, and veterans in need free of charge.

Join us for a viewing of "Under The Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness" and a discussion on the impact of homelessness in the Kent community. Pizza will be provided! Register here.

CEL will be hosting an Oxfam Hunger Banquet, an interactive experience that teaches guests about hunger and food distribution throughout the world. Guests will randomly be assigned an income profile. A discussion reflecting on the experience will follow. Register here. 

Learn how to make yarn out of plastic bags (plarn) which will be upcycled into sleeping mats for people experiencing homelessness! No experience is necessary. These mats will be donated to The Homeless Charity in Akron, Ohio. Register here.

Announcement of "Flashes Fighting Hunger" Rebranding and Launch of Mobile Food Pantry 

Join us as we rebrand Campus Kitchen to "Flashes Fighting Hunger" and introduce our mobile food unit to the university community! Attendees will also have the opportunity to pre-assemble bags of food for distribution later in the evening. No registration necessary for this portion--just show up!

Join this workshop, led by students in CCI's Fall 2021 Media & Movements Seminar, to discuss creating an expanded, Kent State-specific definition of food insecurity. The goal is to include as many student voices and ideas as possible.

12PM-4PM (judging & winner announcement from 3:30PM-4PM)

Registered teams will design and build a structure made of non-perishable food items, toiletries, etc..Groups incorporate the "Space" theme into your design. All donateable items used during the creation of your sculpture will be given to the Wagon Wheel Food Drive Competition against the University of Akron. These items will benefit Flashes Fighting Hunger (formerly the Campus Kitchen).

10:30AM-1PM