STUDENTS DELIVER 30,000 MEALS TO COMMUNITY.

• Position: High Point University - Brief article

High Point University's Food Recovery Network, a student organization dedicated to eliminating food waste and feeding the High Point community, reached two milestones in the last year--most food collected in one semester at HPU and 30,000 meals collected since the organization began in Fall 2015.

HPU students donated a total of 10,435 pounds of food last semester alone, providing 8,696 meals to the High Point community. In past years, the group has packaged and delivered food numerous times per week to Open Door Ministries in High Point. This food assists the organization in their mission to provide three meals a day, seven days a week, to those in need.

HPU's FRN has also expanded its reach by adding three new locations.

"We've partnered with three new locations where we drop off donations recovered from the Wanek Center and Slane Student Center Cafe," says Michaela Mucha, HPU senior and president of FRN. "To better feed the High Point Community, we now also support Leslie's House, the Salvation Army women's shelter, and the Community...