For the 2024 holiday season, Staff Council is teaming up with Guardian Scholars and Independent Cardinals to provide Ball State students with things they need over Winter Break.
Guardian Scholars is a program comprised of students who have been in the foster care system. Sometimes this means that they have aged out of the system and are on their own, sometimes the students have some family support from their foster parents, but overall, they are supporting themselves.
Independent Cardinals is a program for unaccompanied homeless youth on campus. Independent Cardinals are self-supporting and the program has a supportive staff that helps students navigate basic needs, academic success, and campus engagement.
Every year, the Guardian Scholars and Independent Cardinals Coordinators put together Winter Break Boxes for the students in their program. These boxes are intended to help the students get through the winter break with non-perishable food, toiletries, laundry items, things to help keep them warm, gift cards, and anything else that people would like to donate. Even something as simple as a personalized Christmas card is very much appreciated. (The hospitality committee can provide you a list of first names if you would like to do that.)
This year, the Coordinators will be putting together about 45 Winter Break Boxes for students. The Staff Council would love your help in filling these boxes with us!
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Anything purchased from the wishlist will be sent directly to the Guardian Scholars office in the Multicultural Center. You can also purchase items separately or make monetary donations and give to your Staff Council representative or take them to Bria Zolman in the Multicultural Center. All donations, whether items or money, need to be turned in to the Multicultural Center by Tuesday, November 26, 2024; OR to your Staff Council rep by Wednesday, November 20, 2024, so the Coordinators can divide up the items/gift cards and get them to the students before they leave for winter break.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your Staff Council rep or Bria Zolman, Program Manager of Teenworks@BSU and Guardian Scholars.
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