FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 02, 2012
Contact: Jaye Ike, College of Fine Arts 304-696-3296
College of Fine Arts to collect items for Cabell County school pantries
Jaye Ike, special projects coordinator for the College of
Fine Arts, said students from the college’s Student Leadership Council have
organized this initiative in an effort to help stock the school pantries. The
students will collect items like nonperishable food, toiletries, bedding and
more from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center. Theresa
Rapp, career specialist at Huntington High School, said that donations are
greatly appreciated. “I
want to assure you that every single donation, regardless of the size, is
certainly needed and appreciated by the students at Huntington High School,”
Rapp said. “Every
day I encounter a student in need of food or personal care items such as
shampoo, deodorant or soap. I am very grateful that the MU students
are extending their support to the community at Huntington High. What a
blessing!” For members of the council, this is an effort to give
back to the community that surrounds the campus. "We
believe as the College of Fine Arts Student Leadership Council that giving back
to the community is not only a necessity, but that it builds and fosters a
spirit among COFA students that cannot be accomplished in any other way,”
Bradlee Jordan, theatre student and SLC president, said. “When we heard that
some schools are trying to ramp up their pantries before Thanksgiving break so
they can send items with students who will otherwise go without, we were
pleased to be part of the solution.” SLC member and music student Shey Dillon agrees. “As
artists, musicians and students, we feel it is very important to give back to
the community that supports us and this wonderful university,” Dillon said. “No
one is more in need or deserving of this gesture than the many children of
Cabell County who go without so many basic necessities. We hope that we can set
an example that others will follow." Martha
Evans, principal at Guyandotte Elementary, said she tries diligently to remind
her students of the historical bond that they have with Marshall University and
that this event is another example of that bond. “By
an act of the Assembly of Virginia in 1809, what is now Guyandotte was
established as the county seat of Cabell County,” Evans said. “The
founding fathers of this community built a school and when their sons had
completed the standard education offered there, they wanted more for their
sons, so they established ‘Hometown Academy,’ which eventually became Marshall
Academy, the forerunner of Marshall University. Therefore, Guyandotte
exists at the very heart of Marshall University and we continue to respect that
heritage.” “I
want our students to realize that connection,” she said. “I want them to know
that if college is the path they want to follow – they can. We want them to
connect with Marshall, and eventually attend. My goal is for them to know that
they can pursue a college education.” For
more information, contact Ike by phone at 304-633-9251 or by e-mail at jaye.ike@marshall.edu.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s College of Fine
Arts will host “Pack the Backpack,” an event to collect items for Cabell County
school pantries, Tuesday, Nov. 13, on the university’s Huntington campus.
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