What: A team of more than 50 students, staff and faculty from Cal State L.A. will be participating in the first campus-wide “Give Back” on Friday, May 16, as part of Big Sunday (www.bigsunday.org) – a huge effort to encourage volunteerism in the City of Los Angeles for one weekend.
Cal State L.A. volunteers will help out at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. They will be sorting through non-perishable food donations, making sure all the food are of good quality to send out to the community. They will also be checking expiration dates on breads, sorting out produces, and separating the non-food donations.
Summary: The “Give Back” project at Cal State L.A. is organized by the Center for Student Involvement and the Center for Engagement, Service, and the Public Good.
For one weekend in spring, Big Sunday encourages thousands of people from California, of all ages and all backgrounds, to work together at hundreds of nonprofits, schools and other agencies that need their help. It is one of the largest regional community service events in America. Helping people help others since 1999, Big Sunday is a nonprofit organization that is committed to working to build community through community service.
When: Friday, May 16, 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Where: Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. It is located at 1734 East 41st Street in Los Angeles.
Contacts: Elena Stern, (323) 343-3046, mobile (310) 738-1376, or Margie Low, (323) 343-3047, mobile (323) 229-6676.
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Working for California since 1947: California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 230,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six Colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to the Honors College for high-achieving students. Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center. www.calstatela.edu