{"id":25314,"date":"2024-12-03T09:50:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=25314"},"modified":"2024-12-10T09:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:49:53","slug":"lleap-cares-winter-clothing-and-food-drive-2","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/event\/lleap-cares-winter-clothing-and-food-drive-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LLeaP Cares: Winter Clothing and Food Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p>This December we\u2019re coming together to support Carleton students in need with a clothing and food drive! We will be partnering with the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program and the Unified Support Centre (USC) at Carleton to help provide students in need with the resources they need to be able to focus on their studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"tim-program-winter-clothing-drive\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">TIM Program Winter Clothing Drive:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Help Carleton students stay warm this winter by donating gently used winter clothing to those in the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program. Many TIM students are new to Canada and could greatly benefit from coats, scarves, gloves, and other winter essentials. Your donations will provide comfort and ease for students navigating the cold season for the first time\u2014thank you for making a difference in their experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are looking to collect gently used gloves, scarves, hats, mittens, earmuffs, winter coats, and boots for the students in the TIM program. Please note that we are unable to receive other household goods and items at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"usc-food-drive\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">USC Food Drive:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Unified Support Centre supports students experiencing food scarcity through their Emergency Essentials Assistance Program. Since 2018, the USC has seen requests for hampers jump over 500%, with the average cost of a single food hamper increasing to 32$. From 2022-2023, over 5000 Carleton students accessed the Emergency Essentials Assistance Program and the need continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USC is constantly in need of the following non-perishable items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canned Soups (non-vegetarian &amp; vegetarian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Broth (non-vegetarian &amp; vegetarian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canned Beans (both baked beans and unseasoned)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canned Chilli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pasta Sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dry Lentils or Beans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pasta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canned Vegetables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toothpaste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toothbrushes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shampoo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Floss<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that they are unable to accept the following items due to food safety concerns and allergy risks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsealed or partially used donations (i.e. an open box of rice or a punctured bag of pasta)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsealed perishable donations (i.e. a takeout contained from a restaurant)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chilled items that have been stored at room temperature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expired perishable food and essentials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expired non-perishable items that are more than one (1) month past their date of expiration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"details\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Drop off times:<\/strong>&nbsp;December 10 and 12 from 9:30am to 3:00pm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:&nbsp;<\/strong>St. Patricks Building 102, located by the residence buildings. A small loading dock at the back of the building can be accessed by Library Road after from the road by the emergency gates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For help navigating the campus, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lifelonglearningprogram.createsend1.com\/t\/t-i-sidhhdl-l-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campus Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arrival to campus, please call 613-482-0871 or 613-482-0145 and Lifelong Learning program administrator or student volunteer will meet you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning on donating? To help us coordinate volunteers, please fill in our<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/QDafdhrZASWJvn7P7\"> brief survey<\/a> with your expected drop off time and items you are looking to donate. Thank you so much for your contribution to LLeaP Cares!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-25314","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2024-12-12 09:30:00","cu_event_end_date":"2024-12-12 15:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"SP","cu_event_meeting_room":"102","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"Lifelong Learning Program","cu_event_email":"lifelonglearning@carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":"613-520-3699"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/25314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/25314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25353,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/25314\/revisions\/25353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=25314"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lifelong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=25314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}