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FFA members, also interested in Rotaract?

Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting tonight. We are very excited to see so many students are ready to support our mission on campus. 

I wanted to share another opportunity with you, especially if you are interested in both local and international service work with a professional mentorship. This group is called Rotaract, and you may be familiar with Interact or Rotary. 

To better explain what Rotaract is accomplishing this semester, we are hosting our first interest meeting THURSDAY 2/2/23 at 7:00!Location is Blow Hall 322. 

Highlights for this semester are as follows: Collaboration with the Rotaract Club of Istanbul, Turkey, Spring Retreat for District 7600, a workshop about the power Rotary International by Internationally-recognized Rotarian Walter Hughes, the launch of a PR campaign for the Grove Community in Williamsburg, and volunteering with W&M Lafayette Kids and/or the Grove Outreach Center. Rotary offers scholarships, networking, international exchanges, and the opportunity to continue as a Rotarian through your adult years.

We are also looking for new executive members, so there is a potential to grow within the club! Those who attend tomorrow will continue to receive emails from the Rotary side.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions! 

P.S. Check out our website for more information. https://rotaract.pages.wm.edu/

Join our instagram: @Rotaractwm

Join our Groupme: https://groupme.com/join_group/89663903/VPiHxtnl

Here is the link to our Sponsor’s Website: https://www.williamsburgrotary.org/

Here is a link to the Rotaract Club of Istanbul’s Website: https://istanbulrotaract.org/

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Welcome to Food for All! (Spring 2023)

Welcome to Food for All. Many of you stopped by our booth on Tuesday to learn more about our group. We are excited to share our mission of fighting food insecurity on campus with you. 

If you are a returning student, you likely recognize us from our big Impact Week win ($3500 woohoo!), our recognition for the Values in Action award, the Campus Food exchange, swipe drive, and our COVID food deliveries.

To better explain what Food for All is accomplishing on campus, we are hosting our first interest meeting NEXT WEDNESDAY 2/1/23 at 6:00! Come have some snacks and leave with a new FFA buddy. Location is TBA!!! (update 1/31/23: location is Boswell Hall 1)

If you were anything like me my freshman year, you likely signed up for 30 clubs and are being swamped with club emails now. If you have any inclination towards solving problems on campus, building community, and doing impactful service, I promise that you’ll find something worthwhile through the FFA community. We are also looking for new executive members, so there is a potential to grow within the club! 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions! 

P.S. Some helpful links:

Follow our instagram: @Foodforallwm

Join our GroupMe: https://groupme.com/join_group/84213043/cSj6OxEe

Here is the link to volunteer at the Food Exchange: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-spring1?useFullSite=true#/

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Meeting this Wednesday at 6!

Hello FFA!

We hope that your weekend has been safe and exciting. As we roll into the last weeks of the semester, we’re going to be making some serious strides in some major areas. 

On Wednesday we will be having our meeting @6 in Bosewell #342. 

This meeting will be a little different in that we will be drafting a proposal together as a group. In an effort to expand the Campus Food Exchange, our proposal will be to build a coalition of support amongst the campus community.  

Please bring your laptops and writing skills as we work on making big changes to our campus community. Please also brainstorm other related organizations on campus that you are part of that would be willing to support us as we prepare to approach WM administration. 

This Tuesday, there is also a sustainability round-table happening in Sadler’s James Room at 5. This is a great opportunity to hear more about the issues we are trying to address. 

As always, please volunteer for the Campus Food Exchange!  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-fall1

See everyone on Wednesday!

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Meeting this Wednesday @6 at the FFA Exchange!

Hello FFA!

We hope that your fall break was relaxing and that everyone was able to step away from school work for a moment. 

This Wednesday we will be having our meeting @6 at the Campus Food Exchange which is in the basement of the Wesley House! This meeting will be to show the group more of what we do, our impact, and to certify everyone as chaperones to volunteer.

Wesley House is located across Jamestown Road and Lemon Hall. On google maps, you can put your location and then choose Wesley Foundation, 526 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185. We will meet in the fellowship hall which is through the double doors.

As always, please volunteer for the Campus Food Exchange!  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-fall1

See everyone at Wesley. 

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Meeting this Wednesday with Dr. Sasi!

Hello FFA!

We hope your Monday is off to a great start. Some announcements for the group:

  1. We have an exciting general body meeting planned for this week. Our guest speaker is Dr. Sasi, who is an adjunct lecturer of Asian and Middle Eastern studies. While not teaching, Dr. Sasi runs his own farm local to campus. He is the Executive President of Harvest Earth, a non-profit focused on facial justice, food justice, and climate justice. He also runs his own farm and is a popular vendor in CW’s Saturday farmers market.

You can read more about him here: https://www.wm.edu/as/globalstudies/ames/people/balasundaram_s.php

Our meeting time is 6:30 in Boswell Hall #342, this is the same room we met the first time.

  1. Our club has applied for both SA funding and a national grant that would allow us to begin working on plans to expand our reach with FFA by moving the Campus Food Exchange to an old kitchen in One Tribe Place.
  2. Recently, the Williamsburg Merchants Association and the W&M Law school both had successful food drives to help us restock!
  3. Please volunteer for the Campus Food Exchange! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-fall1

That’s all for now. See everyone on Wednesday!

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Welcome to Food For All Fall 2022!

Welcome to Food for All. Many of you stopped by our booth on Monday night to learn more about our group. We are excited to share our cause of fighting food insecurity on campus with you. 

If you are a returning student, you likely recognize us from our big Impact Week win ($3500 woohoo!), the Campus Food exchange, swipe drive, and our COVID food deliveries.

To better explain what Food for All is accomplishing on campus, we are hosting our first interest meeting TOMORROW 9/7/22 at Boswell 342 at 6:00! Come and win some prizes and leave with a new FFA buddy.

If you were anything like me my freshman year, you likely signed up for 30 clubs and are being swamped with club emails now. If you have any inclination towards solving problems on campus, building community, and doing impactful service, I promise that you’ll find something worthwhile through the FFA community. 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

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Meeting: 4/13/22

When: Thursday, April 13th, 2022, 7:00 to 8:00 PM

Where: Blow 333

What: Join us to get a recap of our successes this semester, upcoming events for the last few weeks, and to hear what’s in store for us.

This Saturday, 4/15, at 2 PM we are attending Veggie Society’s lettuce eating competition on the Sunky G’s. It costs 4 dollars to enter and in return you get your very own lettuce head of which we expect you to devour very very quickly. The person who scarfs down their lettuce the fastest will be crowned lettuce victor: an honorary but prestigious award. All proceeds will be donated to the Campus Food Exchange.

Our swipe drive this past Tuesday was a huge success with over 600 donations! Thank you to everyone who donated. Students can now apply for 10 swipes through the Dean of Students office. https://www.wm.edu/offices/deanofstudents/heartfund/index.php

Lastly, sign up to volunteer at the Food Exchange! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-spring

We are closing out a very productive and successful first semester ever and I am super proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish.  

Have a great week!

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Announcements After Impact Week

Happy Thursday. Welcome back from break. Below we have some updates and announcements: 

Last week we competed for funding during Impact Week, and *drum-roll please* we have been declared as the winner! This means that we will be granted $2,500 for the purchase of our new fridge. Thank you to everyone who supported our cause by tabling and voting. We couldn’t have done it without you. Stay tuned as big changes and new partnerships are coming!  

Tonight, instead of hosting our normal meeting, we will be attending a community discussion, “Food Insecurity in Our Community and Beyond” at 6:30 – 8. To register, the link is below: https://wm.givepulse.com/event/286245-Food-Insecurity-in-Our-Community-and-Beyond-A-Community-Discussion

Additionally, the meal swipe drive is scheduled next Tuesday, April 5th 2022. Please help us to collect swipes from students by volunteering below. Per University policy, each student can currently donate 1 swipe each. We need as many volunteers as possible, so all FFA members are encouraged to sign up and share the link with your other activity groups and anyone who may be interested! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-meal

Lastly, sign up to volunteer at the Food Exchange! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-spring

Have a great rest of your week!

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Updates After Brief 3/10/22 Meeting

Here are some updates from our brief meeting:

  1. Impact week is the week right after spring break (March 21-25, 2022)! We need volunteers so please sign up for a slot (or slots!) as soon as you can! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-impact
  2. For the Food Exchange, we are switching over from the google sheets to SignUpGenius so that volunteers can get reminders about their shifts. If you have signed up for shifts after spring break, please sign up again. Or, if you would like to sign up for future shifts, use this link. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-spring
  3. The Meal Swipe Drive is happening April 5, 2022 in all campus dining halls. Please sign up for volunteer shifts for this using this link! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4caaa822a7fac16-meal

Have a great spring break!!

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Meeting: 3/10/22

When: Thursday, March 10th, 2022, 7:00 to 7:15 PM

Where: Zoom

What: Impact Week!