Clatsop Community College
Phi Theta Kappa, Pi Phi Chapter
1653 Jerome, Astoria, OR 97103

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura K. Waight
Phone: 503-338-8847
E-mail: los2306@99west.com
8 June 2006

Clatsop Community College Students Gives Back to Community with
Project Graduation. Feed a Body. Feed a Mind.

The Pi Phi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Clatsop Community College is participating in Project Graduation … Feed a Body, Feed a Mind, an initiative designed to help alleviate hunger and illiteracy in our community. Students and community members are asked to bring non-perishable food items or children’s books to the college starting today through June 16, 2006. Donation drop-off sites are located in each hall of the Jerome Avenue Campus. After collection, the books and canned goods will be given to local service organizations including VOCA Camp, Pioneer House, and local food banks.
Clatsop Community College President Greg Hamman summed up the project’s aims by saying: “Project Graduation is a great way for us to both help those in need and at the same time remind us that the greatest measure of being truly educated is the extent to which we work to make our communities and our world a better place for all.”
“As student leaders within our college, we are pleased to be at the helm of this new initiative,” said Bob Lawrence, Pi Phi Chapter Vice- President “We are proud to give students the opportunity to give back to the community that has supported them throughout their community college experience.”

“I believe Victory Over Child Abuse (VOCA) Camp is our community’s response to the devastating issue of child sexual abuse. This generous gift of books will be used by volunteers to read to children during camp,” said Margaret Frimoth, VOCA Camp Director. “Reading connects adults and children in safe, healthy, healing ways.
For information about VOCA, call 325-2761

For further information about Project Graduaton, please contact Laura Waight at 338-8847.