“Service NC State” Weekend Features 500-Pint Blood Drive, Stop Hunger Now Food-Packaging Event

North Carolina State University will wrap up students’ first week back on campus with a service event featuring a blood drive for the American Red Cross and a Stop Hunger Now meal-packaging project to benefit Haiti relief. The Service NC State (SNCS) weekend is designed to introduce new students to NC State’s community of service.

Media are invited to attend these events. The blood drive will be held Friday, Aug. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Carmichael Gymnasium on the NC State campus. Meal packaging will take place on Saturday, Aug. 21, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Carmichael Gymnasium and the Talley Student Center.

The goals of the event are 500 units of blood collected, $50,000 in donations to cover meal costs and 400,000 meals packaged. The event is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Raleigh community.  The SNCS weekend is sponsored by NC State’s Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service.

For more information, visit http://www.ncsu.edu/csleps/service/servicenc.htm.

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