The Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands project provides holiday meal baskets for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock employees and students who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families.

Applications for those who would like to receive a holiday meal basket will be accepted until Dec. 4. Visit the Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands application website to fill out an application.

For those who would like to help with the Helping Hands Campaign, donations can be made through payroll deductions by filling out this online form. Please complete the information on the 鈥淒esignate my gift/pledge to support section鈥� and enter Helping Hands. You can also make a one-time donation through this form by designating 鈥淗elping Hands鈥� in the Fund field.

Donations can also be made via cash or check by writing that your gift is designated to 鈥淗elping Hands鈥� on a note for any cash donation or on the check memo line. Donations can be mailed to Office of Alumni and Development, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock, AR 72204. Each basket for a family costs $25.

Staff Senate is also collecting non-perishable food items until Dec. 8. Donation items needed for the food baskets include black eyed peas, chicken/vegetable broth, corn, cornbread mix, cranberry sauce, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, green beans, green peas, stuffing/dressing mix, and yams/sweet potatoes. Your in-kind food donations can count toward the university’s Campus Campaign by filling out .

Donation boxes are located in the Reynolds Business Building, Dickinson Hall, Donaghey Student Center, Engineering and Information Technology, Facilities Management, Human Resources, Nursing, Ottenheimer Library, Student Services Center, William H. Bowen School of Law, Little Rock Public Radio, and University Commons.

For more information or to request a paper application, contact Helping Hands Committee Chairperson Don O鈥橠onnell at dxodonell@ualr.edu.

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The Helping Hands Campaign provides holiday meal baskets for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock employees and students who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. The campaign has assisted with meeting the needs of dozens of families for more than 20 years.

In 2022, Staff Senate members collected more than 600 items of food from 13 locations across campus from October to the beginning of December. Thanks to generous donations from the campus community, Staff Senate members spread a little holiday cheer on Dec. 15 when they distributed a total of 35 baskets to the 30 families. Those with five or more people in their household received two bags of food. Applications were up by six compared to 2021.

Even though Staff Senate begins its food donation collection in earnest in mid-October, Rosalie Shahan, chair of the Helping Hands Campaign, said that people are welcome to help with the campaign all year.

鈥淚f you are out shopping and notice a sale on items, go ahead and get them,鈥� Shahan said. 鈥淲e can take items before the fall as long as the expiration date is 2024 or later. Some items are often needed more than others, such as cranberry sauce, cream of chicken/mushroom soup, and yams/sweet potatoes. I want to thank the campus community for all of their support for the Helping Hands Campaign.鈥�

The holiday food baskets include stuffing/dressing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken/vegetable broth, green peas, black eyed peas, corn, yams/sweet potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce. Staff Senate members donated leftover food donations from the Helping Hands Campaign to the Trojan Food Pantry.

For more information, contact Shahan at rsshahan@midsouth.ualr.edu.

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