As part of the Shippensburg University Department of Social Work and Gerontology, five social work students developed a Hunger Awareness Dinner Banquet for students, staff, and community members within the surrounding area. This group worked with the South Central Community Action Program (SCCAP) of Chambersburg to raise awareness in the community regarding food insecurity. 

Students held the Hunger Awareness Dinner Banquet on Wednesday November 8, 2017 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in the Tuscarora Room on the SU campus. The dinner included the random selection of seating by attendees in which they would choose an ivory, blue, or gold ticket out of a bag. The gold tickets sat attendees in the section representing the wealthy individuals within the local community. The blue tickets sat attendees in the section representing the middle class within the community while the ivory tickets represented community members experiencing poverty. The attendees who were in the wealthy seating received an elegant meal that was served to them while attendees who sat middle class were offered a buffet of pasta. Attendees who were seated in the poverty section had to walk to a table to retrieve soup. 

During the dinner, John Raber and other members of SCCAP educated the attendees on food insecurity within the local community. At the end of the event, a panel of individuals who have experienced food insecurity shared their experiences. Overall, 42 individuals attended the event, $26 was raised in donations for SCCAP, and four volunteer forms for SCCAP were received. In addition, by the end of the event attendees showed an increase in their knowledge of food insecurity. 

For more information regarding food insecurity and SCCAP, please visit 

http://www.sccap.org/

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