Club overwhelms local charity with volunteers

The CSC Public Relations club coordinated with Closer to Home Soup Kitchen, an organization affiliated with the Northwest Community Action Partnership, to raise awareness of the soup kitchen and to assist those in need.

Lucyann Kerry, assistant professor of social and communication arts club sponsor, said the goal of the recently formed PR club is two-fold.

The first part of the club’s goal is to “raise awareness of professional field of public relations,” and the second part is to “create goodwill on campus as well as in the community.”

Over 70 volunteers turned out to assist the club and Closer to Home staff. Among the volunteers was a contingent of youth from the Pine Ridge Job Corps and students from the department of communication arts classes.

The club solicited donations from local businesses Walmart and McDonald’s, as well as received donations from communication arts faculty.

Closer to Home is open 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday.

Monetary and food donations are accepted, but canned goods are the most needed.