{"id":792,"date":"2025-11-05T12:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorelogics.org\/jordandonegan\/?p=792"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:53:15","slug":"campus-ministry-starts-annual-thanksgiving-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorelogics.org\/jordandonegan\/campus-ministry-starts-annual-thanksgiving-food-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Ministry Starts Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"792\" class=\"elementor elementor-792\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e3d09 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-a6ecb49 \" data-id=\"95e3d09\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"95e3d09\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"95e3d09\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7793d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7793d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fordham University\u2019s Office of Campus Ministry announced the commencement of their annual Thanksgiving food drive in a newsletter sent to the Fordham community on Monday, Oct. 20.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fordham\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefordhamram.com\/tag\/thanksgiving-food-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tradition<\/a>\u00a0involves collecting food and money and donating it to six of Fordham\u2019s partner organizations across New York City. Once the donations reach Fordham\u2019s community partners, they are utilized to purchase nutritious and \u201cculturally-appropriate\u201d food items for their patrons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Director of Campus Ministry Gil Severiano, the food drive typically collects roughly $6,000 in donations between what they receive through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.touchnet.com\/C20175_ustores\/web\/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=2377&amp;SINGLESTORE=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online portal<\/a>\u00a0and the donations made at the University Church. However, Severiano said that gathering money is not the sole goal of the food drive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMonetarily, we\u2019re not collecting a tremendous amount of money,\u201d Severiano said. \u201cBut I think it also tells [our community partners] that we are an active and supportive partner and that we want to make sure that they have what they need for their communities. We just want to help to feed as many people as we can.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Severiano, who has been at Fordham for 24 years, said that there has always been some sort of food drive that takes place this time of year, but that 10 to 12 years ago, Fordham shifted from collecting non-perishable foods to collecting donations because the previous method \u201cwasn\u2019t working.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the past, we would collect non-perishable foods, so my office would be filled with canned, boxed foods,\u201d Severiano said. \u201cI\u2019d say it\u2019s probably been over 10 years since we realized we were throwing out a lot of expired foods. By giving them actual monetary donations, they\u2019re able to buy much more nutritious food. It\u2019s culturally appropriate, it\u2019s not expired and it seemed like the best way that we could really help our community and support our community.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Severiano said the food drive is off to a \u201csoft start,\u201d but that her office is currently trying to pick up its speed. Donations can be made through an online portal or at the University Church while they collect their weekly alms.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe collect donations through the end of November, but we actually will start with whatever money we have,\u201d Severiano said. \u201cWe\u2019ll start donating to the community partners that we are partnering with. So there are six of them. There are three groups that we\u2019re working with at Rose Hill, two at Lincoln Center, and one at the Carter Center. Because we\u2019re hoping they\u2019ll be able to buy the food for Thanksgiving, we start actually processing payments earlier than the end of the drive.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to helping provide food and meals to Campus Ministry\u2019s community partners, the food drive helps promote donating guest meal swipes to Fordham students who are unable to hold meal plans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the same time, we\u2019re also trying to promote donating guest meal swipes from our weekly and our unlimited meal plans,\u201d Severiano said. \u201cThat\u2019s a really great way that students can participate in actually helping food insecurity on campus because those meal swipes are donated to students on campus.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Severiano described the food drive as an easy and \u201clow lift\u201d opportunity for the Fordham community to be able to have an impact on the communities around them.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think at Fordham, we talk a lot about being men and women for others,\u201d Severiano said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to just talk about being men and women for others. We want to make sure you have actual opportunities to participate in being a positive influence on our communities here, the communities that we are a part of.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Severiano, the drive also acts as a catalyst towards creating authentic relationships with Fordham\u2019s surrounding communities.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re giving a monetary donation, but it\u2019s also telling our community partners, we see you, we value you, we want to support your communities and this is something that we can do right now,\u201d Severiano said. \u201cIt goes back to creating authentic relationships, but that means being there when people need you.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0e6138 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d0e6138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/thefordhamram.com\/news\/campus-ministry-starts-annual-thanksgiving-food-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View Original Work<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fordham University\u2019s Office of Campus Ministry announced the commencement of their annual Thanksgiving food drive in a newsletter sent to the Fordham community on Monday, Oct. 20.\u00a0 The Fordham\u00a0tradition\u00a0involves collecting food and money and donating it to six of Fordham\u2019s partner organizations across New York City. 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