An Easter-egg hunt and bowling for children will be sponsored by the Minnesota State Mankato Campus Kitchen student organization on Sunday, April 5.
Parents are invited to bring their children for a fun-filled afternoon searching for eggs, and then enjoying bowling, pizza and refreshments in the Maverick Game Room of Centennial Student Union. Admission for both events is two cans of food for or $2 per child.
Three Easter-egg hunts are scheduled at the Bell Tower north of Taylor Center: At 2, 2:30 and 3 p.m., until the last eggs are found. Bowling will begin at 2 p.m. in the lower level of Centennial Student Union. Pizza and refreshments will be provided by University Dining and Sodexo.
All event proceeds go to Campus Kitchen to provide food for the less fortunate in Mankato.
Minnesota State Mankato’s Campus Kitchen is led by student volunteers and serves more than 300 meals per week to families and adults in need. Mankato community partners include the ECHO Food Shelf, Salvation Army, Partners for Affordable Housing, Theresa House, Maxfield Place and Welcome Inn. More than 4,000 students have volunteered and over 50 academic service-learning classes have partnered with Campus Kitchen.
Campus Kitchen Mankato is part of the national Campus Kitchens Project – a network of school-based hunger relief organizations that share on-campus kitchen space, recover food from cafeterias, and engage student volunteers in providing hunger relief to communities.
For more information about Minnesota State Mankato’s Campus Kitchen go to www.mnsu.edu/activites/kitchen/ or www.campuskitchens.org, or contact Samantha Eckerson at samantha.eckerson@mnsu.edu or 507-389.6076.
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