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SULB 305 for Drop Off Location

2200 169th Street, Hammond, IN 46323, United States

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Greetings, PNW Faculty and Staff!

 

The Chancellor’s Cup Challenge is Almost Here!

 

From February 2nd – February 4th,

we will have the largest food drive of the year!

 

We are hoping to get OVER our previous high mark of 3.5 TONS donated to the Pantry!!!

 

Let’s Review some rules:

 

Every item donated has a point value from 1 to 10 points. These points will vary from year to year depending on the needs of the food pantry. This year those assigned point totals are:

 

ITEM

POINTS

Food Items

Rice

10

Dry Pasta – 2 bonus points if brought with Sauce*

8

Pasta Sauce – 2 bonus points if brought with dry pasta*

8

Peanut Butter – 2 bonus points if brought with Jelly*

8

Jelly – 2 bonus points if brought with peanut butter*

8

Canned Meat

6

Canned Tuna

6

Cereal

6

Bisquick, Generic Alternative Bisquick or Baking mix

4

Canned Fruit, Canned Vegetables or Canned soup

4

Mac and Cheese**

2

Rice Mix

2

Other Pantry Items

Menstrual Products

6

 

 

All other Items***

1

 

*Participants will be awarded two (2) bonus points for bringing in Dry Pasta and Pasta Sauce Together and/or Peanut Butter and Jelly together.

 

**Mac and Cheese is not considered dry pasta by our pantry and will count as 2 points.

 

***Ramen and other items that come in boxes should not be separated and will count as 1 point per box rather than 1 point per single serving. Loose ramen or other items that would normally be boxed (while appreciated) will be worth 0 points.

 

Dropping Items Off:

 

Items may be dropped off at either Hammond or Westville.

 

Drop off times will be 10:00am – 2:00pm from February 2nd through February 4th

 

Drop off locations are the Student Union Library Building (SULB) 305 and the Library Student Faculty Building (LSF) 103 (Office of the Dean of Students).

 

 

CATEGORIES:

 

FACULTY AND STAFF – MOST ITEMS DONATED

Each team must donate at least 20 of every item listed above in order to be considered the winner in this category.

 

FACULTY AND STAFF – OVERALL

The scoring system for the Faculty and Staff overall award will take the points accumulated for each team divided by the number of faculty and staff in each area. (Traditional Scoring Method)

 

FACULTY AND STAFF TEAMS ARE:

 

Honors College/University College

College of Technology

College of Engineering and Sciences

College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

College of Business

College of Nursing

Provost/Academic Affairs

Enrollment Management and Student Affairs

Institutional Advancement

Finance and Administration

Purdue IT @ PNW

Chancellor’s Office/Athletics

 

STUDENT CATEGORY

Student Organizations/Teams (Each Organization or Athletic Team is their own team and they have their own cup)

The highest total amount of points wins.

 

The winners of the Chancellor’s Challenge will be announced at the Mane Event on Thursday, February 5th! We are excited for your generous contributions and can’t wait to greet you and accept your donations. Thanks again for all you do to support this important event and GOOD LUCK!

 

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SULB 305 for Drop Off Location

2200 169th Street, Hammond, IN 46323, United States

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