A Decade of Donations: 10th Annual Radford Gives Back

By: Cooper Lucas

The 10th annual Radford Gives Back event was held on October 8th by Radford University in collaboration with the Bobcat Backpacks program. The student body, faculty, and staff volunteers came together to donate and collect food items to give to Bobcat Backpacks, a non-profit organization that provides meals to children in need in Radford city.

For about 40 minutes over 300 student volunteers gathered at the MAC court located on the first floor of the Student Recreation and Wellness center and collected food items from stations around the gym and placed them in plastic bags. Once they completed the cycle around the gym and their bags were filled with food, the volunteers placed the bags in the center of the court and made a “RU” with the bags.

President Bret Danilowicz was asked how it feels to hold this event for a decade now, he said

“To me, this is wonderful for the community because there is a lot of food insecurity, so for those children and their families to know that they’ve got food in the evenings, that makes a big difference…I am also really proud of the students from Radford University because for many of them this is one of the first service activities they’ve done, so imagine how good it feels to help these families both in gathering these donations and packing it up for them. It’s a great start for our students to learn about philanthropy and service and what it means for the community.”