Please Donate Thanksgiving Baskets

The entire University community is encouraged to participate in the annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive. Please help make an area family’s Thanksgiving a little brighter by donating a meal, complete with a turkey and trimmings.

“Last year, Rider University donated more than 150 baskets to hungry families in Mercer County,” David Keenan, director of Campus Life, said. “By working together, we can help reduce the number of hungry families this coming Thanksgiving.”

This year’s goal is to provide at least 300 meals for Thanksgiving. Please encourage your office, department, group, club/organization, residence hall, Greek House, team, etc., to donate at least one basket this year for a local family in need.

A complete basket is made up of canned vegetables, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, juice, baked beans, canned fruit or applesauce, spaghetti sauce, pasta products, peanut butter, jelly, crackers, tuna, rice, and $15 to 20 for the turkey and pie in a small laundry basket.

The baskets can be dropped off in the Cavalla Room, located in the Bart Luedeke Center, on Wednesday, November 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Four information sessions will be held to help with questions about the construction of the baskets. These informational sessions will be held on:

• Monday, October 26, 11:30 a.m. to noon, Shapiro Board Room
• Tuesday, October 27, 2 to 2:30 p.m., Shapiro Board Room
• Thursday, October 29, 3 to 3:30 p.m., BLC Room 14
• Wednesday, November 11, 11:30 a.m. to noon, BLC Room 14

For more information, please contact David Keenan no later than Monday, November 16, at 609-896-5327 or keenand@rider.edu.