Community service project coincides with Alamo Bowl

Ohio State’s commitment to serving the community is extending beyond the state’s border this year to the site of the Mastercard Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Ohio State will repay the city hosting its bowl game by taking part in a project to benefit the local community.

Approximately 100 people from the Ohio State and Okalahoma State University communities are teaming up to make “emergency food boxes” that will feed a family of four for 4 to 5 days.

Volunteers include President Karen A. Holbrook, Vice President for Student Affairs William Hall, Board of Trustees member Karen Hendricks, Ellen Tressel as well as some injured or red-shirted football players.

The service project will take place from 8 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday (12/28) at the San Antonio Food Bank, 4311 Director Drive. Best opportunity for media coverage is from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Since the 1998 Sugar Bowl, Ohio State has taken part in service events at bowl games. Last year, more than 200 volunteers from Ohio State and Kansas State University who attended the Fiesta Bowl served between 800 and 1,000 individual meals at the St. Vincent de Paul Memorial Dining Room in Phoenix, Ariz.

For more information, see http://www.safoodbank.org.

WHAT: Members of the Ohio State community are volunteering in the San Antonio area before the Mastercard Alamo Bowl.

WHEN: 8 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday (12/28)
Best media opportunity: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: San Antonio Food Bank, 4311 Director Drive

WHY: To make “emergency food boxes” for a family of four for 4 to 5 days