Spring Break
Class makes food for area homeless shelter
Alyssa Dizon
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: News
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It's not every day students get to make sandwiches during class - and get graded on it.
Students in the generalist practice with communities class and a few volunteers met at University Christian Church and made about 575 sandwiches to distribute to the homeless at the Presbyterian Night Shelter on Wednesday.
Sawyer Powers, a junior social work major, said she and her classmates have participated in service projects on their own, but were excited to do a group project.
"One of the major goals of our class was awareness and to make people aware that hunger and homelessness are close to home, part of the community," Powers said.
The kitchen was abuzz with students spreading mustard and assembling meat and cheese during their 2 p.m. class Wednesday. In the evening, they went to the shelter to distribute their sandwiches and interact with the homeless, Powers said.
Powers said the class originally wanted to make the sandwiches in the Student Center Lounge, but was told students needed a place that followed the proper sanitation and food-handling rules. She said they needed to find a location at the last minute that had a food-handler's license and was still close to campus.
Alicia Hawley, a junior social work major and a member of University Christian Church, said she got permission from the church to use its kitchen for their project.
Money for the sandwich supplies was donated by TCU's National Association of Social Workers, which many of the students in the class belong to.
Also, this week from Monday to Thursday, Powers said, students organized a food drive throughout campus with collection boxes in every dorm, Greek house, The Main, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Potbelly Sandwich Works.
Leslie Lovett, the social work professor teaching the class, said juniors enroll in her class every year and are given the task of meeting a need in the community.
"This is what social workers do," Lovett said. "We identify an unmet need and advocate that need."
Students in the generalist practice with communities class and a few volunteers met at University Christian Church and made about 575 sandwiches to distribute to the homeless at the Presbyterian Night Shelter on Wednesday.
Sawyer Powers, a junior social work major, said she and her classmates have participated in service projects on their own, but were excited to do a group project.
"One of the major goals of our class was awareness and to make people aware that hunger and homelessness are close to home, part of the community," Powers said.
The kitchen was abuzz with students spreading mustard and assembling meat and cheese during their 2 p.m. class Wednesday. In the evening, they went to the shelter to distribute their sandwiches and interact with the homeless, Powers said.
Powers said the class originally wanted to make the sandwiches in the Student Center Lounge, but was told students needed a place that followed the proper sanitation and food-handling rules. She said they needed to find a location at the last minute that had a food-handler's license and was still close to campus.
Alicia Hawley, a junior social work major and a member of University Christian Church, said she got permission from the church to use its kitchen for their project.
Money for the sandwich supplies was donated by TCU's National Association of Social Workers, which many of the students in the class belong to.
Also, this week from Monday to Thursday, Powers said, students organized a food drive throughout campus with collection boxes in every dorm, Greek house, The Main, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Potbelly Sandwich Works.
Leslie Lovett, the social work professor teaching the class, said juniors enroll in her class every year and are given the task of meeting a need in the community.
"This is what social workers do," Lovett said. "We identify an unmet need and advocate that need."
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