Guelph students have donated $17,000 from their meal plans to buy food for local charities through Meal Exchange, a student-run national campus charity. This semester, U of G students have raised the highest amount of any Canadian university or college through the program.
The students' donations will be used to buy wholesale products for 17 organizations throughout the city that support abused women, homeless teens and people who use food banks.
On Nov. 27, dozens of U of G student volunteers will deliver the food to the organizations.
“Meal Exchange creates a way for students to make a difference,” says Anita Abraham, a Meal Exchange co-ordinator and fourth-year U of G student.
“Students at the University of Guelph bring so much hope to our city through their community-conscious actions. It's absolutely incredible to witness the social change that is possible through mobilization of my generation.”
