Trick or Eat to scare up food donations

- October 22, 2009

SEE VIDEO from last year's Trick or Eat. (Videography by Bruce Bottomley)

Time to go all Lady Gaga and get dressed up for a good cause.

Trick or Eat, a food drive conducted by students around 66 university and college campuses throughout Canada, is on again this year at Dalhousie. Last year, almost 200 students took part, filling a U-Haul with almost $14,000 worth of food. All the collected food stuffs go to Food Nova Scotia.

Organizer Michelle Honsberger, a third-year commerce student, was blown away by the turnout.

“We’ve got high hopes this year,” says Ms. Honsberger, from the office of Gammon Gold where she’s on a co-op placement. “All the participants were so enthusiastic and it was such a fun time.”

Participants are urged to sign up online (see link below) or simply show up. Students will be meeting on Halloween – this year on a Saturday – at 4 p.m. at the Rowe Building. Shopping carts and routes through nearby neighborhoods will be assigned. Of course, students are encouraged to dress up.

“In the neighbourhoods, I think sometimes students get a bad rap,” says Ms. Honsberger, who has her Colonel Sanders costume ready. “But Trick or Eat is a good chance to do something nice and get involved with your neighbours as well.”

LINK: Sign up at Meal Exchange


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