Thank you to all those who participated in this year’s Big Red’s Blitz and Butterfly Effect Canned Food Drive. Approximately 60 boxes and 10 bags of food were collected through the Butterfly Effect Canned Food Drive for Helping Others Through Extended Love In The Name of Christ (HOTEL INC) and the Salvation Army. Not only did WKU faculty, staff, and M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan students donate food 45 boxes, but numerous community members took part. Community organizations that contributed were the Barren River District Health Department, Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
When food collections ended, the service still continued. On Thursday, August 27th, forty WKU students took part in the annual Big Red’s Blitz. Students volunteered with six organizations including: Habitat for Humanity, Lost River Cave, Potter Children’s Home, Salvation Army, Bowling Green Public Works, and Kentucky Library & Museum. The students worked in the environment with landscaping and area clean up for Bowling Green Public Works and Lost River Cave. At Potter Children’s Home, they painted and prepared for their Fall Festival. At the Salvation Army, students worked in the food pantry, and Habitat for Humanity volunteers deconstructed a home.
