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20th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive Kicks Off October 28 with Community-Wide Events

The University of Findlay and its community partners will launch the 20th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive on Tuesday, October 28, bringing together students, faculty, staff, local schools, and residents in a week-long effort to combat hunger across Hancock County. The drive benefits CHOPIN Hall and aims to collect thousands of pounds of non-perishable food […]

University of Findlay Honors MLK Jr by Helping More Than 200 Local Families

University of Findlay students, faculty, and staff came together on Saturday, Jan. 21 to host a mobile food pantry to benefit local community members. The event was held in partnership with CHOPIN Hall in an effort to help those in need, and concluded a week-long celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. that included a toiletry […]

UF & Sodexo Fighting Hunger with Helping Hands Food Drive ’22

University of Findlay’s 17th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive, organized by Sodexo, will take place Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Nonperishable foods, that haven’t passed their expiration dates, and monetary donations will be collected to benefit those who need them most. Donations will be collected on-campus at the Alumni Memorial Union through a “drive-up and drop-off” […]

UF Collects 214,559 lbs. of Food with Helping Hands Food Drive

The 16th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive, organized by University of Findlay and Sodexo, shattered all expectations with a record-breaking 214,559 pounds of food! All non-perishable and monetary donations benefit CHOPIN Hall, a Findlay nonprofit that serves people within the region and has been providing food to families in need for nearly 40 years. As in years past, the […]

UF & Sodexo Fighting Hunger with Helping Hands Food Drive ’21

University of Findlay’s 16th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive, organized by Sodexo, will take place Wednesday, Nov. 3. Nonperishable foods, that haven’t passed their expiration dates, and monetary donations will be collected to benefit those who need them most. Donations will be collected on-campus at the Alumni Memorial Union through a “drive-up and drop-off” process from 7:30 a.m. […]

UF’s 15th Annual Food Drive Collects an Astounding 165,735 Pounds of Food

University of Findlay and Sodexo’s 15th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive surpassed all expectations with a total of 165,735 pounds collected! All donations benefit CHOPIN Hall, a Findlay nonprofit that serves people within the region that has been providing food to those in need for 36 years. This year’s collections surpassed last year’s number of 115,867 […]

UF Helps to End Hunger with 15th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive

This year marks the 15th Annual Helping Hands Food Drive at the University of Findlay! Organized by Sodexo, the event will be held over a 24-hour period on Thursday, Nov. 12. Nonperishable food, such as cereal, canned fruit, dry pasta, peanut butter, and jelly, which haven’t passed their expiration dates, and monetary donations will be collected […]

UF Hoping to Collect 56,000 Pounds of Food, Beat its Own Record

Fifty six thousand pounds of canned food – it’s a hefty goal, but The University of Findlay, in partnership with its dining service, Sodexo, think they can reach it for Sodexo’s Helping Hands food drive. The aim is to break UF’s record, reached in 2013, of 55,211 pounds collected within a 12-hour period. This year’s […]

Findlay Seeking to Collect 40,000 Pounds of Food for CHOPIN Hall

On Wednesday, Nov. 7, The University of Findlay, with its dining service, Sodexo, will participate in Helping Hands Across America and attempt to break UF’s 2011 national record of 37,271 pounds of food collected in a 12-hour period. The event is part of Sodexo’s nationwide food drive. The Findlay community is invited to drop off […]