|
|
Fraternity uses trick-or-treating
as way to collect canned
goods
By Charise Pettit
Staff
Writer
This Halloween, some fraternity men will be out
trick-or-treating, but not for candy.
This will be the fifth consecutive year that the
men of Alpha Kappa Lambda will collect canned goods on Halloween. According
to house member Chris Dial, a senior in the School of Consumer and Family
Sciences, the tradition began five years ago with his pledge class.
Each class is required to do a philanthropic event, and his group came
up with the idea of trick-or-treating for canned goods. The event has
since turned into a tradition. All pledges, brothers and "usually
a dog or two" will be participating, said Andrew Jankowiak, a sophomore
in the School of Agriculture and a brother in the house.
"The plan is simple, help those that need
a little help," Jankowiak said. "With the holidays coming up, budgets
get tight, and it is the time of year that some families may need that
help."
The fraternity thinks that Halloween falls at a
good time to collect food, because many people are at home expecting
trick-or-treaters.
In the past, the men have gone to neighborhoods
in both Lafayette and West Lafayette, although this year they plan on
focusing on just Lafayette. Today the group will be passing out fliers
in neighborhoods letting the community know that they will be out tonight
starting at 6 p.m.
"Some people may be concerned when they see
college kids walking around their neighborhoods in groups, especially
on Halloween," said both Jankowiak and Dial.
Jankowiak said the men will all have their fraternity
letters on so people can identify them, and he is confident enough in
the character of his fraternity that his name is on the flier as a personal
contact if anyone has a problem.
Each brother and pledge is expected to collect
and donate a minimum of three canned items, which should add up to at
least 300 cans.
"Occasionally we get to a house where they tell
us they have no cans but to take as much candy as we want, but for the
most part people are willing to give," said Dial.
"Hopefully, the residents of Lafayette will
again be very generous and we should be able to feed a lot of hungry
families," Jankowiak said.
The cans are being donated to the Hanna Community
Center, located on 18th Street in Lafayette. Anyone on campus who wishes
to donate cans should drop them off at the Alpha Kappa Lambda house,
417 Waldron Street.
|
Off-campus
housing vacancies increase
Class
focuses on sustainability
New
medicine may have its own mind
State
holds technology funds
Purdue
awaits judges ruling on civil lawsuit
CAMPUS DESK PHONE:
(765)
743-1111 ext. 253
Campus editor:
Laura Pelner
Assistant campus
editors: Kurt Esposito,
Dave Stephens
To
send a letter to the editor, please email campus@purdueexponent.org
|
