Both the sun and the barbeques were sizzling at the annual Faculty and Staff BBQ, held on the Oaks lawn last week.
Organized by the Alumni team as a thank you to faculty and staff for their ongoing support, the event also serves to announce and celebrate the winners of the 8th Annual Food Drive competition.
This year, 9 teams participated, raising over 1,488 pounds of food an $175 in monetary donations for the SMU Community Food Room. Located on the 5th floor of the Student Centre, the Community Food Room offers access to safe, nutritious, and personally acceptable foods in a welcome environment, as well as working to improve food security, equity and literacy.
This year’s bragging rights went to Accounting Matters, the winning team from Accounting department at the Sobey School of Business that donated 482 pounds of food! A special shout-out went to the EIT team for their donation of $95 to the SMU Community Food Room allowing some flexibility in making purchases of much-needed items.