August 19, 2008
Briar Cliff Students Collect Food in
Tradition of Service, Caring
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University first-year
students will participate in a community food drive, 3 p.m. to 5
p.m., on Sunday, Aug. 23. The donations will benefit Food Bank
of Siouxland.
The food drive, an activity of Welcome Week
at BCU, consists of 11 teams of students who will collect food
donations at approximately 1,500 residences in the neighborhoods
of W.19th to W. 38th Streets and Hamilton Blvd. to
West Street.
“Briar Cliff University
emphasizes a quality education in the Franciscan tradition of
service, caring and openness to all,” said Janet May, O.S.F.,
director of campus ministry. “We are taking time in this Welcome
Week to give our incoming first-year students a hands-on
introduction to those Franciscan traditions.”
Throughout the year, Briar
Cliff partners with approximately 25 local agencies to give BCU
students opportunities to participate in service projects with a
wide variety of local community service agencies.
Briar Cliff University is a
Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100
students from 26 states and five countries. Students are
educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the
liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care
and compassion. For more information, please visit
briarcliff.edu.
