Photo/Media Advisory for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014: CSUN Students to Cover Library Steps with Goods Collected for the Needy

Members of Unified We Serve, CSUN’s campus volunteer program, at last year's display of items collected. Photo by Nestor Garcia.

WHAT:          

California State University, Northridge student volunteers plan to cover the steps of CSUN’s Delmar T. Oviatt Library with thousands of items —canned and boxed goods, clothing, toys and books — collected during the university’s annual drive to collect goods for needy San Fernando Valley residents.

For nearly two weeks, CSUN students, faculty and staff have donated items at key locations across campus as part of an effort sponsored by Unified We Serve, CSUN’s volunteer program. The collected goods will be donated to San Fernando Valley-based MEND (Meet Every Need with Dignity), whose mission is to break the bonds of poverty by providing basic human needs and a pathway to self-reliance.

Last year, Unified We Serve collected more than 10,000 items to donate to MEND.

WHEN:           Noon on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014

 WHERE:        

California State University, Northidge – Oviatt Library

18111 Nordhoff St.

Northridge, CA 91330

WHO:             Dozens of CSUN students

Media Contacts: Carmen Ramos Chandler, CSUN Media Relations, (818) 677-2130 or Ani Avetisyan, Unified We Serve, at the event.