Gavilan honor society collects donations for soldiers
Members of the Gavilan College Honor Society, Rho Alpha Mu, have
set up collection boxes for books, magazines and DVDs. Students
involved in Rho Alpha Mu get involved in a community service
project each semester and this year they have organized the drive
to benefit troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Gavilan honor society collects donations for soldiers
Members of the Gavilan College Honor Society, Rho Alpha Mu, have set up collection boxes for books, magazines and DVDs. Students involved in Rho Alpha Mu get involved in a community service project each semester and this year they have organized the drive to benefit troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“Every semester we do something to give back to the community,” said Samantha Nussbaumer, president of Rho Alpha Mu.
Her brother is in the military as well as other friends, and they have told her that something they like to do a lot is read, but they don’t have a lot of material.
“We thought it would be great to give back,” she said.
The students have placed donations around campus and in local cities, including a collection box at Mars Hill Coffee House in Hollister, Chili’s Bar and Grill and First Street Coffee House in Gilroy, the Gavilan College Library, the Trio Center and the lobby of the Social Science Building.
In the past the students have volunteered at Pet Friends, in Hollister, on a garden clean-up.
“We thought this was something everyone could get involved in,” Nussbaumer said.
The students will continue to collect items until May 28, when they will prepare the packages to ship out.
“We already have the addresses of some Marines and soldiers stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq,” she said. “If anyone in the community has specific people they would like to send things to, we’d be really happy to do that.”
About 20 students are active in the club. They worked to get the collection boxes out this week and put fliers up around campus.
The group is open to donations of any books, magazines or DVDs but did ask for items “directed more toward an adult audience,” instead of kids or teens.
