Vote for a College Campus Champion of Change finalist: Arkansas

A message from the Chancellor's Office at the University of Arkansas


Dear friends: 

Your online vote today could decide the outcome! 

One of the University of Arkansas' most valuable student-led programs, Full Circle Food Pantry, is one of 15 finalists in a national competition recognizing student innovation and action called the "Campus Champions of Change Challenge." 

Led by student volunteer Julia Lyon, the food pantry helps those who are in personal crisis and do not have the financial resources to meet all of their nutritional needs. Julia and the food pantry were recently highlighted in USA Today and in other national media. 

The competition winners will be determined by an online vote, which ends Saturday evening. If the food pantry volunteers win, they will be honored in Washington, D.C. at a White House ceremony and will be featured in a national TV program. 

Voting has begun and these U of A students currently are in the top three -- and gaining! We urge you to support Julia and the other U of A volunteers, all of whom work extremely hard to serve individuals and families in need. Click here now to receive and cast your online ballot. (You may cast up to three votes for Full Circle.) 

Thank you in advance for supporting our students and their service to others! 

Sincerely, 

Dave and Jane Gearhart 

P.S. Please share this message with your online contacts and ask them to cast their votes as well. Like Julia and the other food pantry volunteers, we, too, can make a difference!

Full Circle Food Pantry - Julia Lyon, Volunteer Action Center, University of Arkansas

The Volunteer Action Center (VAC) Board, a program of the Center for Community Engagement, launched a student food pantry in February 2010 to serve the needs of students on and off campus who are in personal crisis and do not have the financial resources to meet all of their nutritional needs. The VAC launched a weekly program that provides food for students who make requests through an online, email system with goals that the program be accessible to students in proximity (on campus), free of obstacles, and that it must be dignified. Donations are at the heart of the work of the pantry, and student groups and offices from across campus filled the pantry in the Campus-Wide Food Fight. So far, more than 1,300 individuals gathered 1000’s of food items to stock the shelves.

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