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Stuff the Bus 2019 Brings in More Than 5,700 Food Items

April 23, 2019

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MACOMB, IL – The 13th annual "Stuff the Bus, Get Off Your Cans" food drive, held April 10, brought in 5,740 non-perishable food items and $1,122 in donations.

The donations were given to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, the Western Illinois Regional Council (WIRC) Community Action Agency and the food pantry on the WIU campus. The event is put on each year by WIU student, faculty and staff volunteers, who collect and organize donations, staff tables at local grocery stores and deliver the donations to local pantries.

Last year's event brought in 3,583 non-perishable food items and collected nearly $1,580. As part of this year's event, Buffalo Wild Wings held a fundraising event for Stuff the Bus April 8. The restaurant donated 15 percent of each food bill where diners presented a special voucher. The fundraising total from that event are still pending.

The events would not be possible without the help of Western Illinois University, Western Illinois University Housing & Dining, Go West Transit, Office of Student Activities, NTN Bower, Buffalo Wild Wings, Walmart, Hy-Vee, Jackson Street Market, Sodexo Management Team, University Union, Corbin-Olson Halls, Black Student Association, Graduate Association of School Psychology, Women's Rugby Club, Sigma Sigma Sigma, National Association of Black Journalists, Golden Key International Honour Society, Chemistry Club, Phi Eta Sigma, Lambda Theta Alpha, WIU Equestrian Club, Gamma Phi Omega, Preeminent Ladies, Interested Gentlemen of Lambda Theta Phi, Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Psi Lambda, Latin American Student Organization, the WIU Food Pantry, Alpha Sigma Tau, Chi Omega, Lambda Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Lambda Beta, GBCC Dance Troupe, Zeta Phi Beta, Delta Zeta, Agribusiness Club, AMPLIFY, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Women in Business, National Society of Collegiete Scholars, Pi Kappa Phi, Western's First Generation Society, the WIU Purchasing Office, the WIU Department of Theatre and Dance, Malpass Library, the WIU Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Department of Music, Department of Management and Marketing, Department of Political Science, Department of Psychology, University Technology, the WIU Women's Center, Kunes Country Auto Group of Macomb, Regional Media, Chicks on the Square, the Vitamin Lady at Middle Earth, Pro Edge Property Services, Engraving by Lin, Rubix Vaporizer's and Smoking Accessories, Ayerco, El Rancherito, Rocky's Bar and Grill, Max and Molly's Bistro, Italian Express, the Jackson Street Pub, The Study, the Old Dairy, Sweet Shack, Ultimate Image Salon Studios, R&R Spa, Michael's Salon, 309 Vapors, Chubby's, Macomb Square Music, Sullivan Taylor Coffee House, The Nail Salon, Bronze-it Tan Center, Haymakers, Larry A's and the Food Co-op.

Since 2008, the WIU food drive has collected over 100,000 pounds of food.

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