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VGCC History Club celebrates successful Food Drive

Vance-Granville Community College’s History Club recently conducted a food drive as its major service project of the fall semester. Students collected non-perishable food items, as well as paper products and hygiene products, all of which were donated to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. The Food Bank works with food pantries in all four of the counties in the college’s service area: Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren.

 

The donations weighed in at 522 pounds, which translates to 440 meals according to the food bank’s formula. That amount WAS 150 pounds more than the club collected during a similar drive in 2013. Club members expressed their appreciation for the support they received from students, faculty and staff on all four VGCC campuses.

 

Students who want more information on the History Club can contact the organization’s advisors, History instructors Victoria Klesmith at (252) 738-3229 or Dr. Natasha Thompson at (252) 738-3527.

 

Above:  The VGCC History Club poses with items donated during their recent food drive, before delivering them to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. Pictured, from left: students Amanda Richardson of Warrenton and Jessie Hartley of Oxford, instructor/club advisor Victoria Klesmith, students Morgan McFalls of Oxford and Jennifer Burns of Henderson, instructor/club advisor Natasha Thompson, and students Stephanie Hommel of Youngsville, Taylor Abbott of Kittrell and Justin Dizon of Butner. (VGCC photo)