The Carolina Center for Public Service will celebrate its 10th anniversary Saturday (Oct. 17) by packaging 20,000 meals to benefit Stop Hunger Now followed by a barbecue picnic and music. Volunteers are invited to join public service students and staff members at 3 p.m. for the service project, which is being organized by the Carolina Hunger Education and Activism Project. The picnic, for which a $25 donation is requested, will begin at 5 p.m. Both activities will take place at the North Carolina Botanical Garden at 100 Old Mason Farm Road.
The Carolina Center for Public Service will celebrate its 10th anniversary Saturday (Oct. 17) by packaging 20,000 meals to benefit Stop Hunger Now followed by a barbecue picnic and music. Volunteers are invited to join public service students and staff members at 3 p.m. for the service project, which is being organized by the Carolina Hunger Education and Activism Project. The picnic, for which a $25 donation is requested, will begin at 5 p.m. Both activities will take place at the North Carolina Botanical Garden at 100 Old Mason Farm Road.
Those interested in participating in either the service project or the picnic should contact the center at ccps@unc.edu or (919) 843-7568.
The Carolina Center for Public Service strengthens the University’s public service commitment by promoting scholarship and service that are responsive to the concerns of the state and contribute to the common good.
Carolina Center for Public Service contact: Amy Gorely, (919) 843-7568, agorely@email.unc.edu
News Services contact: Susan Houston, (919) 962-8415, susan_houston@unc.edu