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Issue date: 2/27/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Luke Wenker Lena Ball, an undeclared sophomore, drops off donations at a Food Drive barrel in NcNary Dining Center. The Food Drive, which started on Feb. 1, ends this Friday. The University Honors College is holding a bake sale, and Kidder Hall is hosting a Canstruction Derby. OSU's goal is to college 360 pounds of food.

Several departments around OSU are holding events in connection with the Linn-Benton Food Share program to collect canned foods and raise money as the university's food drive enters its final week.

The drive, which started Feb. 1 and will run through Friday, is part of a collaborative effort with the Linn-Benton Food Share Program and the Governor's State Employee's Food Drive, to help combat a slow food production season.

The program is state run, but is being coordinated at OSU by Associate Director for University Events Shelly Houghtaling and Kate Sanders, an administrative program specialist with university advancement.

"There are 68 units on campus with a coordinator, five student groups and 10 extension offices also participating," said the Director of University Events, Shelly Houghtaling.

According to the Linn-Benton Food Share program Web site, one in six families in Linn and Benton counties depend on food from food banks at least once a year.

The University Honors College will be holding a bake sale this week with the proceeds benefiting the Linn-Benton Food Share.

Similarly, the students in the art department are making greeting cards to be sold in packets of ten for $10.

Kerr Administration are raffling off a four gigabyte iPod - raffle tickets will be sold until Wednesday and the drawing will be held on Thursday.

Kidder Hall is using donated cans and boxes of food to build a structure in the lobby in what they call the Canstruction Derby.

Several other departments and offices on campus will also being holding events. One of OSU's goals is collect 360,000 pounds of canned food to deliver.

Campus freight will pick up the cans on March 5. Students who are looking to help out before the drive ends can check in with their college for information on where to deliver any donations they may have.

For more information and calendar events, check out www.orst.edu/events/fooddrive for more information.

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This article edited on Feb., 28 2007.

In a Feb., 27 edition of this story, Kate Sanders, an event coordinator for the university events office, was quoting as saying, "There are 68 units on campus with a coordinator, five student groups and 10 extension offices also participated." This was actually said by Director of University Events Shelly Houghtaling, who is the coordinator for the OSU Food Drive.

In addition the story misquoted Houghtaling who was reported as saying, "It helps through a tough time for a lot of people." However, she said she does share that sentiment.

It was also reported that Linn-Benton Food Share will collect the donated food. Campus freight will be doing this service.

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