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( Graphic \/ Zenith Shrestha )<\/p>\n
Tomiwa Akintode<\/p>\n
Staff Writer<\/p>\n
Troy Universitys Nutrition Club will be holding a food drive for the Childrens Rehabilitation Services and its employees in October.<\/p>\n
The Childrens Rehabilitation Service (CRS) is a statewide organization that helps children with special needs though rehabilitation, medical and educational support services.<\/p>\n
The group employs dietitians, occupational therapists, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, social workers, nurses and physicians to provide exceptional care to the children.<\/p>\n
The supplies will be sponsored by the Nutrition Club and those donations will help everyone who works in the clinic.<\/p>\n
The CRS is an organization that addresses issues with children who have childhood and feeding needs, said Natalie Barrows, a junior exercise science major from Alabaster, Alabama, and president of the club.<\/p>\n
They have 17 or 19 locations all over the state and they supplied us with a wish list of things that they need and we help supply them with those things that make what they do easier.<\/p>\n
Barrows said that the food drive is an opportunity for students to make an impact by getting involved in school and also learning more about nutrition.<\/p>\n
Our whole passion is giving students a kind of outlet to learn more about nutrition, but to also get more involved in these programs that a lot of college students dont know about, she said.<\/p>\n
Usually, we partner with the Cancer Research Center, and we are able to kind of help them with supplies or we do a food drive for the School Kitchen, she continued.<\/p>\n
Other departments and student organizations have been involved in providing materials to be donated to the clinic.<\/p>\n
Right now, the Art Department has agreed to make place mats, said Catherine Daniel, a junior exercise science major from Holtville, Alabama, and the clubs vice president. And even off-campus, the sowing ministry at Southside Baptist Church has agreed to make bibs which would be donated.<\/p>\n
It is literally like the whole community coming together. And we really hope a lot of people will be willing to help because it really is an important ministry and service to help these children out.<\/p>\n
Some other items, which can be donated, include blankets, high tables, booster seats and baby food items.<\/p>\n
These donations will be distributed to the Rehabilitation Clinic in Montgomery, as well as the other locations across the state.<\/p>\n
Anyone interested in participating can send donations to Troys Kinesiology Department in Wright Hall, Room 209 before from now until Oct. 2 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
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