(SPRINGFIELD) The Illinois Community Colleges yesterday began its second annual “Feed the Need Campus Food Drive” which will run through December 1st, engaging campuses statewide in a friendly competition to collect non-perishable food items for local food pantries and campus-based food banks. Last year’s inaugural effort proved the power of collective action with all of the 39 community college districts in Illinois collecting more than 91,000 food items. Meanwhile, the IECC campuses in Olney, Mt. Carmel, Fairfield, and near Robinson will be taking part in the food drive in November with support from the faculty, staff, and students at each college. Stay tuned for more information forthcoming about the food drives within the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges.
