Students Fighting Hunger will sponsor a canned food drive next week to benefit the Upper Valley's needy.
All proceeds will go to the Listen Center of Lebanon, N.H., located at the Sacred Heart church.
From August 2-8, the group will designate special areas around campus for canned good donations and will sponsor events to support the cause.
As part of the drive, the Summerphonics will perform in the Hyphen next Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Admission to the concert will be two canned goods.
Also on Saturday, a group of volunteers will go to the Co-Op Food Store and will hand out flyers encouraging people to donate food. "This has proven to be a very effective method in the past," group member Kenrick Leung '95 said.
The items needed most are tuna fish, powdered milk, canned fruits and vegetables and jam or jelly. Area Coordinators will be notified and asked to set a goal within their dormitory cluster.
All Greek houses will be notified and asked to put together a basket of 25 canned goods per organization.
Every term, Students Fighting Hunger sponsors one or more projects to help the needy of the surrounding area. Only one project is sponsored in the summer because there are fewer members, according to Leung.
