The Office of Human Resources coordinates the effort at Ohio State. One-hundred percent of all food and money donated to Operation Feed goes to provide food to 198 pantries, soup kitchens and emergency shelters in six central Ohio counties. The Mid-Ohio FoodBank provides more than 500,000 meals every month. Nearly 44 percent of its pantry clients are children and 10 percent are senior citizens. Cullom encourages monetary donations.
Every dollar goes twice as far as a pound of food.
Individual units across campus may have special incentives to donate, such as bake sales, silent auctions and raffles. Willard Congrove, former owner of the McDonald's restaurants on High Street and Neil Avenue, donated the books to the University. Students are also getting involved in the fight against hunger. Twenty student organizations will help collect the food donated in college and department offices on the final day of Operation Feed. Student organizations, fraternities and sororities also will have collection boxes in their meeting rooms and residences.