STUDENT P I RGS | 1 9 fighting hunger & homelessness highlights The MASSPIRG team collects photo-petitions and generates student calls in support of Senate Bill 612 and House Bill 101 to close the SNAP gap in Massachusetts. 100 students attend a screening of “Poverty, Politics, and Profit” at UConn – Storrs. 50 community members attend a Faces of Homelessness panel at the University of Washington. 700 groups participate in Hunger Homelessness Awareness week, an annual event co-hosted by the Student PIRG’s National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. victory! PIRG students raise thousands of dollars for hurricane victims through creative events like a professor dunk tank at Eckerd College. NC State University students working with NCPIRG successfully campaigns for free feminine hygiene products in their student union and works with the university to expand the program to all lecture halls on campus. Lane Community College and University of Oregon students host Trick or Can events on Halloween. They donate thousands of cans to local food banks. They also collected hundreds of pounds of canned food by working with the Greek Community.
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