- University News Archive - UA 糖心视频logo /news-archive/tag/helping-hands/ UA 糖心视频logo Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:47:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 UA 糖心视频logo accepting applications, donations for holiday food basket drive /news-archive/2019/11/20/ua-little-rock-accepting-applications-donations-for-holiday-food-basket-drive/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:47:59 +0000 /news/?p=75781 ... UA 糖心视频logo accepting applications, donations for holiday food basket drive]]> The University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo Staff Senate is accepting donations for UA 糖心视频logo families in need to receive a free holiday meal basket. The Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands project provides holiday meal baskets for UA 糖心视频logo employees and students who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. Applications for those who would like to receive a holiday meal basket will be accepted until Monday, Dec. 2. Only one application per family will be accepted. Visit the to fill out an application online or print an application. Printed applications can be submitted to Dickinson Hall Room 622. For those who would like to help with the Helping Hands Campaign, monetary donations can be made through payroll deductions by filling out this online form. Please complete the information on the “Designate my gift/pledge to support section” and enter Helping Hands. Staff Senate is also collecting non-perishable food items until Dec. 9. Donation items needed for the food baskets include stuffing/dressing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken/vegetable broth, green peas, black eyed peas, corn, green beans, yams/sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Donation boxes are located in the College of Business, Dickinson Hall, Donaghey Student Center, Engineering and Information Technology, Human Resources, Nursing, Ottenheimer Library, Student Services Center, and University Commons. For more information, contact Helping Hands Committee Chairperson Rosalie Shahan at 501-859-0364 or rsshahan@midsouth.ualr.edu.]]> UA 糖心视频logo Staff Senate to host Fall Open House Dec. 5 /news-archive/2018/11/29/staff-senate-fall-open-house-dec-5/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:33:25 +0000 /news/?p=72831 ... UA 糖心视频logo Staff Senate to host Fall Open House Dec. 5]]> The University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo Staff Senate will host its annual Fall Open House on Wednesday, Dec. 5, to raise money for the holiday season for UA 糖心视频logo families in need. The open house will offer a reception for UA 糖心视频logo employees to visit and network, win door prizes, use the Employee Wellness Center鈥檚 new massage chair, play board games, and bid on fun prizes in the teacup and silent auctions. Light refreshments will be served during the event. Guests are invited to bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy in fellowship with their coworkers. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter Hall. The open house kicks off Staff Senate鈥檚 annual. Money raised and donations of nonperishable food items collected from the open house will be used to put together holiday meal baskets for UA 糖心视频logo applicants who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. Tickets for the teacup auction are $5 for six tickets. Participants also can receive one free auction ticket, up to a maximum of five, for every two items donated from the list of items needed to create the holiday meal baskets. Check out the items for auction.听 Items needed include stuffing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, macaroni and cheese, green beans, green peas, black eyed peas, corn, rice, canned potatoes, canned yams, cranberry sauce, cake mix and frosting, Kool-Aid, and nonperishable juices. To purchase auction tickets or to donate items for the teacup auction or a door prize, contact Paula Rogers at 501-663-5541 or parogers@ualr.edu or Angie Faller at 501-916-5905 or amfaller@ualr.edu. Donations to the Staff Senate Helping Hands Campaign can be made online by visiting the Campus Campaign website at /giving/product/campus/. Under the Fund category, click “Other” and then type in “Staff Senate” or “Helping Hands.” In the upper right photo,聽UA 糖心视频logo employees browse the teacup auction during the 2017 Staff Senate Fall Open House.]]> UA 糖心视频logo accepting applications, donations for holiday food basket drive /news-archive/2018/11/06/helping-hands-3/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 21:52:14 +0000 /news/?p=72567 ... UA 糖心视频logo accepting applications, donations for holiday food basket drive]]> The University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo Staff Senate is accepting donations for UA 糖心视频logo families in need to receive a free holiday meal basket.听 The Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands project provides holiday meal baskets for UA 糖心视频logo employees and students who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. Applications for those who would like to receive a holiday meal basket will be accepted until Friday, Nov. 30. Only one application per family will be accepted. Donation items needed for the food baskets include stuffing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, macaroni and cheese, green beans, green peas, black eyed peas, corn, rice, canned potatoes, canned yams, cranberry sauce, cake mix and frosting, Kool-Aid, and nonperishable juices. Donations will be accepted until Monday, Dec. 10. Donation boxes are posted in the following locations at UA 糖心视频logo:
  • College of Business, first-floor atrium
  • Department of Human Resources lobby
  • Dickinson Hall, first floor
  • Donaghey Student Center, first floor near the Fitness Center entrance
  • The Commons, first floor near the stairs
  • Engineering and Information Technology building, hallway near the first-floor elevator
  • Ottenheimber Library, first floor near the main desk
  • Student Services Center, near the information desk on the first floor
Visit the to fill out an application online or print an application. Printed applications can be submitted to the front desk lobby on the second floor of the Student Services Center. To make a donation or for questions on applications, contact Helping Hands Committee Chairperson Dai鈥橨ah Williams at 501-569-8953 or drwilliams6@ualr.edu or visit the.]]> Reach 13,000 Campaign kicks off with dodgeball tournament /news-archive/2018/08/10/reach-13000-campaign/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:49:34 +0000 /news/?p=71330 ... Reach 13,000 Campaign kicks off with dodgeball tournament]]> The University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo is beginning its annual Reach 13,000 Food Drive with a dodgeball tournament on Friday, Aug. 24. The dodgeball tournament will be held from 3-6 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Fitness Center and marks the final event of welcome week activities for Trojan Daze Week. Teams who want to participate in the dodgeball tournament can sign up through. The entry fee is a $100 cash donation or a donation of 60 nonperishable food items per team. Teams can have 9-12 players and must include three female and three male team members. At least one member must be a UA 糖心视频logo student, employee, or graduate. The hosts four events to raise support for the Reach 13,000 campaign. These donations are given to UA 糖心视频logo Trojan Food Pantry, Staff Senate Helping Hands Committee, and the 12th Street Clinic. Additional events include Constitution Day on Sept. 17 with a voter registration drive and bake sale, the Fall Festival and kickball tournament in October, and the annual Battle of the Talents on Nov. 8. An additional element of the campaign is a campus-wide competition to see which UA 糖心视频logo student organization and department collects the most items for the food drive. At the end of the campaign, the winners will receive a trophy in honor of their dedication to fighting hunger. UA 糖心视频logo departments and organizations can request a food drive donation box by. The most needed items include children鈥檚 books and coloring books, crayons, markers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, personal hygiene products, corn, cornbread mix, rice, pasta, Kool-Aid, peanut butter, jelly, cereal, Ramen noodles, and bottled water, as well as cans of green beans, beans, chicken, tuna, potatoes, fruit, pasta sauce, and soups. For more information, contact Amber Wolf at clc@ualr.edu.]]> UA 糖心视频logo Staff Senate to host open house Nov. 15 /news-archive/2017/10/26/staff-senate-open-house-nov-15/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:18:13 +0000 /news/?p=68369 ... UA 糖心视频logo Staff Senate to host open house Nov. 15]]> The University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo Staff Senate will host its annual Fall Open House on Wednesday, Nov. 15, to raise money and collect donations for holiday food baskets for UA 糖心视频logo families in need.听 The event is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Upper Concourse. The open house will offer a reception for UA 糖心视频logo employees to network, win door prizes, and participate in a teacup auction and silent auction.听 The open house kicks off Staff Senate鈥檚 annual Helping Hands Project. Proceeds from the open house will be used to put together holiday meal baskets for UA 糖心视频logo employees and students who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. Auction tickets are $5 for six tickets. Participants also can receive one free auction ticket, up to a maximum of five, for every two items donated from the list of items needed to create the holiday meal baskets. Items needed include stuffing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, macaroni and cheese, green beans, green peas, black-eyed peas, corn, rice, canned potatoes, canned yams, cranberry sauce, cake mix and frosting, and nonperishable juices. Donations for the food baskets can be dropped off in the donation boxes located across campus in the College of Business, Department of Human Resources, Donaghey Student Center, the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology, and Ottenheimer Library. To purchase auction tickets, contact Yuliana Barajas at yxbarajas@ualr.edu or 501-569-3324. To donate items for the auction, contact Paula Rogers at parogers@ualr.edu or 501-663-5541. In the upper right photo,聽University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo staff members enjoy good food and company during the 2016 Fall Open House in the Donaghey Student Center.]]> UA 糖心视频logo accepting applications for holiday food basket drive /news-archive/2017/10/24/helping-hands-2/ Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:43:40 +0000 /news/?p=68323 ... UA 糖心视频logo accepting applications for holiday food basket drive]]> The University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo Staff Senate is accepting applications for free holiday food baskets.听 The Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands project provides holiday meal baskets for UA 糖心视频logo students and employees who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. Applications will be accepted until Thursday, Nov. 30. Only one application per family will be accepted. Visit the Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands application to fill out an application online or print an application. Applications should be submitted in person to Helping Hands Committee Chairperson Rena Burt in the College of Business Room 205 or by email to rlburt@ualr.edu. Donations are also being accepted to help make the food baskets. Items needed include stuffing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, macaroni and cheese, green beans, green peas, black eyed peas, corn, rice, canned potatoes, canned yams, cranberry sauce, cake mix and frosting, and nonperishable juices. Donations can be dropped off in the donation boxes located across campus in the College of Business, Department of Human Resources, Donaghey Student Center, the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology, and Ottenheimer Library. For more information, contact Burt at 501-569-3356 or rlburt@ualr.edu or visit the Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands website. ]]> UALR accepting applications, donations for holiday food basket drive /news-archive/2016/11/14/helping-hands/ Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:33:07 +0000 /news/?p=65763 ... UALR accepting applications, donations for holiday food basket drive]]> The Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands project provides holiday meal baskets for UALR students and employees who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. Items needed include stuffing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, macaroni and cheese, green beans, green peas, black eyed peas, corn, rice, canned potatoes, canned yams, cranberry sauce, cake mix and frosting, Kool-Aid, and nonperishable juices. Donations will be accepted until Dec. 9. Donation boxes are posted in the following locations at UALR:
  • College of Business, first floor atrium
  • Engineering and Information Technology building, hallway near the first floor elevator
  • Fine Arts Building, second floor in the Department of Art and Design
  • Ottenheimber Library, first floor near the front desk
  • Stabler Hall, near the ground floor elevator
  • Nursing Building, student common area
Applications for those who would like to receive a holiday meal basket will be accepted from Nov. 15-30. Only one application per family will be accepted. Visit the Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands application to fill out an application online or print an application. To make a donation or for questions on applications, contact Helping Hands Committee Chairperson Rena Burt at 501.569.3356 or rlburt@ualr.edu or visit the Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands website. ]]> UALR Staff Senate to host open house Nov. 15 /news-archive/2016/11/07/ualr-staff-senate-open-house/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:15:53 +0000 /news/?p=65712 ... UALR Staff Senate to host open house Nov. 15]]> The event is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Upper Concourse. The open house kicks off Staff Senate鈥檚 annual Helping Hands Project. 聽 Donations from the open house will be used to put together holiday meal baskets for UALR applicants who would otherwise not be able to provide a traditional holiday dinner for their families. The open house will offer a reception for UALR employees to network, win door prizes, and participate in a teacup auction. Participants purchase auction tickets and then allocate them to prize drawings by placing a ticket in a teacup in front of the prize. There is no limit to the number of tickets that can be placed in a prize鈥檚 teacup. The auction items can be viewed in an online gallery. Auction tickets $5 for five tickets. Participants also can receive one free auction ticket, up to a maximum of five, for every two items donated from the list of items needed to create the holiday meal baskets. Items needed include stuffing mix, cornbread mix, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, chicken broth, macaroni and cheese, green beans, green peas, black eyed peas, corn, rice, canned potatoes, canned yams, cranberry sauce, cake mix and frosting, Kool-Aid, and nonperishable juices. To purchase auction tickets or to donate items for the teacup auction or a door prize, contact Fall Open House Committee Chair Mark Pellegrini at 501.569.3354 or mspellegrini@ualr.edu or Valarie Abrams at 501.569.3252 or vaabrams@ualr.edu.]]> Battle of the Talents to conclude food drive /news-archive/2016/11/01/battle-of-the-talents/ Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:51:33 +0000 /news/?p=65665 ... Battle of the Talents to conclude food drive]]> The Battle of the Talents will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Donaghey Student Center Fitness Center. Admission is $10 or 10 nonperishable food items. Performers include Kyra Hatley, the Dynamic Duo, Nesha B, Infinity, Alycia Osagie, Ethan Bowen, and L.O.V.E. Gospel Choir. Food collected during the campaign, which will run through Nov. 4, will be donated to the UALR Trojan Food Pantry, Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands, the 12th Street Clinic, and the . UALR student organization and departments can also participate in a campus-wide competition to see who collects the most items for the food drive. At the end of the campaign, the winners will receive a trophy, honoring their dedication to fighting hunger. Departments can request a food drive donation box by. For more information, contact Amber Standridge at 501.569.8240 or anstandridge@ualr.edu. ]]> First Reach 13,000 event brings in 1,800 items for food drive /news-archive/2016/10/05/first-reach-13000-event/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:55:01 +0000 /news/?p=65363 ... First Reach 13,000 event brings in 1,800 items for food drive]]> Fall festival and kickball tournament to be held Oct. 8 The first event of the University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo Reach 13,000 Food Drive has the campaign well on the way to reaching its goal of collecting 13,000 donated food items.听 More than 1,800 food items were donated at the Sept. 16 kickoff event. During Constitution Day, volunteers accepted food items, while helping聽people register to vote.
Graduate Assistant Dillon Nash happily got duct taped to a chair to raise food and money for the Reach 13,000 Food Drive during Constitution Day Sept. 16 in Donaghey Student Center.

Graduate Assistant Dillon Nash happily got duct taped to a chair to raise food and money for the Reach 13,000 Food Drive during Constitution Day Sept. 16 in Donaghey Student Center.

Something that made the day a success was the antics of graduate assistant Dillon Nash. People could pay $1 or donate one food item for a piece of tape to duct tape Nash to a chair. 鈥淪ome people came with $20 or $30 just to have the chance to duct tape Dillon to that chair,鈥 said Amber Standridge, coordinator of the Chancellor鈥檚 Leadership Corps. The food collected during the campaign, which will run through Nov. 4, will be donated to the UALR Trojan Food Pantry, Staff Senate鈥檚 Helping Hands, the 12th Street Clinic, and the . The campaign will continue with the UALR Fall Festival and Kickball Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Coleman Sports and Recreation Complex on the south side of campus. The day鈥檚 events will begin with the Fall Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the kickball tournament will start at 3 p.m. The family friendly Fall Festival will feature games, arts and crafts, and face and pumpkin painting, as well as obstacle bounce houses and other inflatables. Admission is $5 or five nonperishable food items per person. Those who are interested in sponsoring a table at the Fall Festival can do so by filling out an. To participate in the Kickball Tournament, visit theto register a team of nine to 12 players. The team entry fee is a donation of 60 nonperishable items or $100. All teams need to be registered no later than noon on Wednesday, Oct. 5. UALR student organization and departments can also participate in a campus-wide competition to see who collects the most items for the food drive. At the end of the campaign, the winners will receive a trophy in honor of their dedication to fighting hunger. Departments can request a food drive donation box by.]]>