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The Residence Hall Association is encouraging WTAMU students to participate in the annual Skip-A-Meal event. Any student at WT may volunteer to donate a meal to the less fortunate. The only requirement for students is to have their Buff Gold card number.
“There are sign-up sheets in the halls of WT for students to sign their name and their Buff Gold card number if they want to donate their food,” RHA Vice President of Internal Affairs Brianna Moore, said. “It’s a meal that will be donated for the homeless at Faith City Mission in Amarillo and all students have to do is swipe their card.”
Faith City Ministry is a small building at 22 E. 4th Street in Amarillo. Faith City provides chapel services, Faith City Family Lighthouse, women’s ministries, children’s ministries, clothing outreach, and the Hope Programs for men and women.“We can only allow three hundred meals in total to be donated,” Nicole Moore, president of RHA, said. “We usually run out of the meals really quick and people want to donate more.”
Skip-A-Meal will take place on Nov. 16 in the Dining Hall from 5 p.m. until closing time. Once all three hundred meals are donated, RHA will take the meals to the Faith City Ministry that night.
“I’m in charge of making sure everyone is getting involved and getting the word out,” Kiya Brooks, national communications coordinator of RHA, said. “I’m looking forward to seeing people fed and seeing smiley faces.”
Students who would like to donate their meals may sign up at the Residence Hall office, Cafeteria or JBK before Nov. 14.
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