(COLLEGE STATION, TX)- The Aggies Can drive is the largest student athlete run food drive in the nation and last year they raised more than thirty thousand dollars and twelve thousand pounds of canned goods.
This year they hope to beat that number and with more student groups getting involved and creating friendly competitions, its looks like that will happen.
The president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee says that most athletes are eager to give back to those that are out there rooting them on.
“They do so much for us cheering us on for competitions, whether it be swimming or the soccer game we are at tonight, volleyball or football or any of the sports. Its just a time for us to give back and say thank you for everything they have done for us,” says Kelli Benjamin, the committee president.
People who donated two cans or a dollar were able to get free admission into tonight’s womens soccer game against Georgia and a free Whataburger coupon.
“It’s really not hard to get athletes to come out here and give some of their time and give back to the Brazos valley. Their our twelfth man, it’s time for us to give back to them,” says Benjamin.
Food from the drive is donated to the Brazos Valley Food Bank and is then distributed.
“If you give a dollar this food bank can turn that into five pounds of food or three meals so a dollar is not too small of a donation at all. So really what I like to say is don’t think about giving or ‘oh i heard about aggie can i should go out.’ Just do it. Make sure that you give. It’s a great opportunity and no sweat off your back,” says Theresa Mangapora, the Executive Director of the Brazos Valley Food Bank.
Some of the food will be donated to Texas A & M’s school food bank, 12th Can.
“We all know it’s hard to concentrate when you are hungry. So we want those students to have the best opportunities that they can while at Texas A & M. So some of this money is going to go to that,” says Mangapora.
You can still donate to Aggie Can at the football game this Saturday for a free Whataburger coupon or mail monetary donations to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
Make all checks out to Aggies Can
Mail all monetary donations to:
SAAC
PO Box 30017
College Station, TX 77842-3017
Source: http://kagstv.com/News/KAGSNews/ID/6127/Aggies-BTHO-Hunger
