IVC Kitchen hosts end-of-year food distribution

The Student Equity & Achievement Program is home to the IVC Kitchen and recently had an outpour of support from IVC employees to make a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable students.

On Dec. 10, our Basic Needs team and several IVC employee volunteers

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came together to make the holidays special rial for Valley our students. At that Basic Needs

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distribution, 172 students picked up enough Foundastaple tion foods received to feed themselves three

and 586 family members,

gifts totaling more

for a total of 758 people than served. $21,000 For many to of our students who attend our

fund scholarships

monthly distributions, for these IVC emergency students, groceries Rod are the Smart, sole source Founof food for themselves and their

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families. rector, This month, announced IVC’s Basic Needs team decided to

today.

host a gift drive to provide students The and government their families of Mexico, with more through than just its emerprogram gency food IMA-BECAS, for the holidays. donated Thanks $10,000 to IVC employees to fund scholarships for working hard for to students ensure who that the are following either Mexican items citizens were equitably or are of distributed Mexican

to 175 students and their

decent.

family members on Dec. 10:

In a ceremony held at the Old Post Office in El Centro, Mexican Consul Carlos Flores Vizcarra presented a check to Smart in an effort to further efforts to help fund the education of IVC students. IMA- BECAS provides funds to organizations to promote Mexican- U. S. relations. Through similar gifts over the past few years, IMA-BECAS’ contributions have totaled more than $65,000.

The Foundation $1,500 in monetary donations and 22 holiday gifts donated by IVC employees

200 $40 grocery gift cards the Imperial Valley Food Bank

200 $50 grocery gift cards from Student Equity & Achievement 12 Butterball Turkey vouchers from County Sun Physicians Community Medical Federal Group, presented Credit by Union Dr. K.C. Ku

200 $ 20 holiday raitis to Foundation board

wrapped gifts for each members at their December

student’s household meeting at the Stockmen’s

200 household- size Club in Brawley. The do

grocery orders from the nation brings the total of

USDA scholarship funds from the

200 boxes of BrightSide Physicians San Diego Medical fresh Group proto more duce than $44,000 for the IVC nursing program.

A Another very special $ 1,500 thank was you to: donated Dr. Martha to the Garcia, Foundation Vice President by Jaime Arias Deedee of Chips Gar& cia, Salsa, Mabel which Vargas, provides Cecilia food Duron, on campus. Camila Collado, Izamar “The Valdivia, Foundation Marisol wishes Enriquez, to thank el Rafael Consulado Montano, de Tanya Mexico, Dorsey, the Imperial Sheila County Freeman, Physicians President’s Medical Cabinet, Group Dr. and Johnson, Chips & Salsa Gina Madrid, for their Human very generous Resources, donations IVC and Foundation their ongoing and support Campus of ed

Safety. ucation in the Imperial Valley and especially at IVC,”

IVC Foundation board President Erik Freeman, Jaime Arias and Foundation Executive Director Rod Smart are shown after Arias of Chips & Salsa presented a check for $1,500 to the Foundation.

IVC employees load up emergency groceries and gift donations for students in need. 8:30am-10:05am Mon/Wed/Fri CRN 20415 7:30am-10:00am Tues/Thurs CRN 20417 11:10am-12:45pm Mon/Wed/Fri CRN 20418 2:00pm-4:30pm Thurs CRN 20422 6:30pm-9:00pm CRN 20423

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