OSU SERV team

World Hunger Tour & Battle Against Hunger Event

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that more than 12 million children are at risk for hunger in the United States.

In 2006, 19% of Ohio’s children lived in poverty; 22% of them were under age six. (Children’s Defense Fund/Annie E. Casey Foundation)

This equates to over 500,000 of Ohio’s children living in poverty. (Food Research and Action Center)

This year the SERV Team is working eleviate some of the hunger pangs Columbus, Ohio is facing by creating a new project called the World Hunger Tour and Battle Against Hunger.
SERV Team students are working on planning an event called The World Hunger Tour, which includes panel/speaker event for Wednesday, November 19 in the evening and a walk-through display piece. This event will be in combination with a panel display that will address the food crisis in varying areas of the world including Columbus, Ohio throughout the entire week. The display will be up in the RPAC common areas from Monday - Wednesday and then move to the building where the panel will take place and will remain up until Friday afternoon (Nov. 21st).

Beat Michigan Week (http://beatmichigan.osu.edu/) and the SERV (Students Engaged in Responsible Volunteering) team are partnering in the Beat Michigan Week Battle Against Hunger. We are partnering with staff at the University of Michigan in a competition to see who can donate the most nonperishable food items (to be determined by weight). We will have drop-off points at the Ohio Union, RPAC, Fresh Express, North Commons, Kennedy Commons, and Off Campus Student Services. All donated goods from here at OSU will benefit the MidOhio Food Bank.

For more information on these events please contact Adam Rapien.1@osu.edu. Or Katie Lowry.85@osu.edu or Whitney Davis-Ellison.1@osu.edu. For more information about the SERV team call 614-292-7378.

SERV Team Motto

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"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."

~Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th U.S. President

SERV Team photos

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SERV Blog is Coming Soon!

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Welcome to our new page! The SERV (Student Engaged in Responsible Volunteering) Team is working on putting together a new blog with videos, pictures and other fun things about service and leadership. We'll be sending out notes when we're ready to launch, so be on the lookout.

In the meantime - check out this page to learn about current service opportunities at Ohio State University: http://ohiounion.osu.edu/studentorgs/leadership_service.asp .