25th Annual Lend A Hand Day

Here is a wonderful reflection from PC Ashley Smith on her experience
with the Lend A Hand Day drive & distribution!

I had been a part of LAHD since my joining SVS 2 years ago, but this year I was actually a part of the committee that makes it happen. Every year is an attempt to make LAHD bigger than the last and have more community involvement and awareness. For that, we've instituted the Rock the Cause event to kick off the donation drive. Only 2 years old, it looks to be gaining attention. Due to setbacks in collecting items in a time frame we normally had, we looked to other means of collecting additional items: Resident Hall lost and found and Greek life support. Both proved successful as we actually collected more items than last year (despite the shortened collection time).
Though a significantly less amount of people came through [this year], those who did (many repeat returners) were just as appreciative as ever, and that's what makes it all worth it: knowing that there are people that can benefit from this event and seeing people get such a good deal on clothes. You can't beat free! Hopefully we can get the word out more effectively next year and have even more people share in LAHD. 

- Ashley Smith, PC at Boys and Girls Club Muncie