OIT Gives to of Food Bank of Northern Indiana

12/22/2004

The OIT's 2004 food drive to benefit the St. Joseph County Food Bank was a rousing success, according to Notre Dame CIO Gordon Wishon. In the roughly two weeks of the drive, members of the OIT and friends contributed $1,635.

OIT employees Anne Kolaczyk and Toby Green presented cash and checks to the Food Bank President and CEO Bill Carnegie on December 17.

Kolaczyk, who has managed the drive for the OIT Activity Committee for the last several years, says this year's event was a substantial improvement over previous drives.

She says, "During the first few years, we collected both food and money and, though we brought in a lot of pounds of macaroni and cereal for the size of our organization, we only filled up a few shelves in the Food Bank s pantry. Switching to monetary donations," Kolaczyk explains, "gives them (the Food Bank) the power to purchase what they really need and at the reduced rates available to them."

"I'm proud of our staff; they really came through with donations this year," Wishon says. "The Food Bank can do a lot of good with this $1,635."