Kara Hamilton -
WashPIRG is working to create positive change in the community and establish itself on campus.
Last Thursday WashPIRG hosted a dance-off at the HCC to raise awareness about its campaign to combat hunger and
homelessness. The organization collected fifty pounds of clothing at the dance-off, which were subsequently donated to
Camp Quixote.
The following Saturday, WashPIRG participated in a service-a-thon in which students asked people to pledge money
for each hour they volunteered; and the money was then donated to Bread & Roses. Students were placed at three
locations in Olympia, including Bread & Roses, the Community Kitchen, and outside of the Westside Olympia Food Co-op, where they asked patrons to purchase an extra item of non-perishable food to be donated to the Community
Kitchen. All in all, student volunteers raised over $1,100 and collected three large boxes of non-perishable food.
Currently, WashPIRG is collecting signatures to be placed on the spring ballot so that they can once again establish an official chapter here at Evergreen.
For more information about WashPIRG and their current campaigns please visit www.washpirgstudents.org.
