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Dinner Wrapped Up

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In his previous blogpost, Sean Donegan went into detail about the planning for the fundraiser dinner that he and his peers organized for Share Our Strength. Below, Sean describes the night of the event in detail and how he was pleasantly surprised by the support that the student body expressed:

By: Sean Donegan

The night of the Inaugural Share Our Strength Charity Dinner has arrived! At 7 pm the doors opened and a about 300 Cornell students came in to support us. Before the event began, each of the seven Philanthropy Chairs arrived with their chef’s meal so all food could be safely stored and kept at the proper temperature. By having each Chapter’s representative in the same place, we were also able to coordinate transportation easily.

The Charity Dinner itself sold 345 tickets, bringing in roughly 300 attendees to Alpha Gamma Rho on the night of the dinner. Over 50 people bought tickets to support us even though they had an exam, sporting event, or other prior engagement that evening. No President or Philanthropy Chair mandated that any of their members buy a ticket or even attend the event; everyone that came did it on a voluntary basis. We were surprised by the sheer number of students and Greek Chapters who bought tickets simply to support our activities as well as Share Our Strength and its campaign to fight childhood hunger.

To allow people to carpool and park for free, the Brothers of Alpha Gamma Rho cleared our parking lot to make as many spaces available as possible. In addition to this, many students elected to take taxis to and from the event so more parking spaces would be available to the other guests. Everyone immediately sat down to reserve their seat but due to the excitement in the air, many people eventually got up to catch up with friends and socialize. Probably the only delay in the night’s festivities was getting everyone to break away from their shuffling from group to group and taking their seat for dinner. Continue reading →

End the Neglect Recognizes World Food Day

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Happy World Food Day readers! Many countries in the developing world have reduced child hunger rates since 1990. And with only five years left to reach Millennium Development Goal 1, more than half of the United Nations are on their way to reducing child hunger rates by half. However, much more needs to be done. Hunger and malnutrition affect the “bottom billion” – a population who lives on less than $1 a day – and within this population more than 400 million children are infected with one or more neglected tropical disease (NTD). Soil‐transmitted helminths (STHs), among the most common NTDs also referred to as intestinal worms, contribute to chronic malnutrition regardless of food intake.

This year’s theme is United against hunger. Join in the fight against hunger today, and take the quiz below to test your knowledge on food availability, hunger and the importance of good nutrition for children everywhere.