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One of the members of the Laborers Local 773, Mary Smith, loads a box of produce into a truck at Pandemic Relief Food Distribution event in front of the Banterra Center. Smith says, Weve been doing this food drive since April and were working off a grant from the US government...and were doing it until the grant runs out. Pandemic Relief Food Distribution event in Carbondale took place on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at SIU.

Marion High School junior organizes Learning Center food giveaway

By Janae Mosby, Staff Reporter
December 10, 2020
Ending hunger one child at a time: Gumdrops provides non-perishable food items for kids

Ending hunger one child at a time: Gumdrops provides non-perishable food items for kids

By Bethany Rentfro, Staff Reporter
March 3, 2020
The Pulliam Hall clocktower strikes 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Extra Life raises money for children’s hospitals through videogame livestreams

By Emily Cooper, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2018
Pulliam Hall towers over the Carbondale skyline on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Bag sale promotes local soup kitchen

By Farrah, Staff reporter
October 4, 2018
Shopping carts filled with personal belongings Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, outside the Gaia House Interfaith Center in Carbondale. Gaia House is serving as an emergency warming station for the homeless this winter. (Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE)​

Gaia House provides overnight shelters to homeless during subzero temperatures

By Amelia Blakely, Campus Editor
January 18, 2018
Daniel Bello, a sophomore from Algonquin studying marketing, packs a shoebox with presents Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in the Student Centers Old Main room. Bello participated in the charity event Operation Christmas Child, a gift-giving initiative sponsored by the universitys chapter of Alpha Tau Omega. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

Greeks celebrate Christmas with charity for kids

By Royale Bonds
November 17, 2016
Devin Hunter, a senior from St. Louis studying linguistics, gets his head shaved by Ashley Comerford, an employee at the Sport Clips in Marion, on April 18 during a fundraising event for St. Baldricks Foundation in the pavilion behind the Student Services Building. Participants in the fundraiser donated money toward childhood cancer research and then shaved their heads. Comerford said this is the first time she has participated in this event and hopes she can again in the future. The world isnt such a nice place anymore, Comerford said. Its great to see people out here in their free time doing something good for other families. — April 18, 2016, Carbondale, Ill. (Aidan Osborne | Daily Egyptian)

Students shave heads for cancer charity event

By Diamond Jones, Daily Egyptian
April 18, 2016

Gaming for a good cause

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE
March 18, 2015

Sisters are not always by blood

By Jessica Brown |@BrownJessicaJ, Daily Egyptian
January 22, 2015
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