WTAMU Student Government and Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) will be co-sponsoring a humanitarian project called “Fill the Field,” which will take place on April 4 at the Buffalo Sports Park from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Student Body President Brandy Roberts was inspired to start this project after helping another TAMUS school with Fill the Field.

“I went down there and helped [Tarleton] with [Fill the Field],” said Roberts. “I’ve communicated with last year’s executive board at Tarleton [to help start this at WT].”

The goal of Fill the Field is to cover an entire field with goods that can be donated to various non-profits such as Faith City Missions, High Plains Food Bank and more. Anyone wishing to participate can adopt a “square” or “unit” and must fill the entire area with items such as bottled water, non-perishable foods and clothing.“This is going to be [hopefully] WT’s largest food drive and I support students getting involved,” Roberts said. “I hope we can inspire other schools to do the same like Tarleton did for us.”

Several WT and local organizations have become involved with the project as well, such as Alpha Tau Omega, SIFE, KWTS and United Supermarkets.

“SIFE is always working with food drives and this really supports our criteria for Fighting Hunger initiatives,” Marco Jimenez, president and CEO of SIFE, said.

Miguel Sosa, philanthropy chair for Alpha Tau Omega, said he feels students should get involved in Fill the Field.

“Not all the goods are going to one place,” he said. “The items that are donated will be spread out to various pantries, missions and organizations in our area, so it is a great way to make a huge impact in our community.”

Anyone can participate in Fill the Field. Not only will there be designated units for various organizations, but there will also be “open” units available for anyone to contribute donations to as well.  To sign up, visit the Fill the Field web site and print out the online form.