Spirit of Giving

The Spirit of Giving has special meaning in this holiday season. At both New Jersey campuses, organizations are helping in a variety of ways. In some cases the drives are over, but in others there is still time to participate.

College at Florham

The Madison Project, a community-service group sponsored by the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program, College at Florham, provides freshman and sophomore students an opportunity to participate and help their neighbors with nonperishable foods, toiletries, household supplies and toys. This is the seventh year EOF is holding the drive. Goods will be delivered to the Church of Notre Dame of Mount Carmel, who will distribute these to needy families. Call the EOF office a 973-443-8566, and students will come and pick up the items.

The Hotel Society’s food drive to benefit the Community Soup Kitchen of Morristown is still accepting donations. Boxes have been placed in the Mansion, the Student Center, Park Avenue Lobby, Rutherford Lobby and Stadler/Zenner Academic Building. In addition, the FDU Business Scholars Program and Market Street Missions held a coat drive. Inter-Greek Council Angel Patrol collected new unwrapped toys for children of all ages to St. Joseph’s Boy’s Home and Friendship Corners, a daycare center for underprivileged children.

Staff and faculty took advantage of the voluntary benefits fairs, conducted by human resources at each campus, in November. Open enrollments were available at the time.

Educational Opportunity Fund staffers, from left, Erica Ruppert, administrative assistant; Jameel Scott, assistant director; and Kristina Jones, assistant director (all Flor), organize the donations.

Metropolitan Campus

The Business Leaders of Tomorrow Organization, Silberman College of Business, recently held its 13th annual Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Center for Food Action in Hackensack, N.J. More than 100 bags of groceries were collected from the departments and offices at the Metropolitan Campus. Members from the facilities department assisted the students by transporting the groceries to the food bank. Also for Thanksgiving, the Annual Food Drive, a collaborative effort with campus ministries and Gourmet Dining supported the “Why Hunger” campaign.

The Business Leaders of Tomorrow Organization sponsored The Giving Tree in conjunction with the YCS Holly Center in Hackensack. Participants may sponsor a child by choosing to purchase one of his/her top three gifts. Iota Phi Theta fraternity sponsored a coat drive.

Packing the truck for the Center for Good Action are, front row, from left, Michele Vaccaro, MBA program adviser, Silberman College, and assistant to the provost for special projects (Metro); and Salina Singleton, community service chair, Business Leaders of Tomorrow; and back row, from left, Richard Bronson, mathematics/computer science and senior executive assistant to the president (Metro); Eli Amdur, executive in residence, Center for Healthcare Management Studies (Metro); and Jorge Ledesma, vice president, Business Leaders of Tomorrow.

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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