Campus Dining will be hosting our semi-annual Midnight Breakfast (a free hot breakfast for all UMW students) on Monday, April 25, and we are looking for volunteer servers to assist us. Servers would be asked to arrive at 10:45 p.m. and stay until about 12:15 a.m. It’s lots of fun and students really enjoy seeing faculty, staff and administrators serving up the goodies! If you would like to volunteer, please e-mail Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu or call 540-654-2169.
Volunteers Needed for Care & Share Dinner
March 31, 2016 by
Campus Dining will be preparing and serving a “Care & Share” dinner at the Fredericksburg Baptist Church on April 7 for area residents who are currently without homes. We will need 40 to 50 volunteers to assist in unloading food trucks, setting up the dining area, waiting tables, serving food and cleaning up. Volunteers are needed between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the church, which is located between Caroline and Princess Anne Streets in downtown Fredericksburg. Anyone wishing to volunteer is asked to sign up at one of the cashier stations located at the top of the University Center (fourth floor), or to e-mail us at Dining@UMW.edu.
St. Paddy’s Day Celebration
March 10, 2016 by
Campus Dining invites you to join us for a St. Paddy’s Day Celebration on March 17 between 4:30 and 7 p.m. in the Magnolia Room at the University Center. There will be a cash bar featuring Irish and domestic beers. Pub platters with onion rings, potato skins and Irish soda bread will be available for only $5. There is no admission charge. If you wish to reserve a table for a group of friends please call Rose at 540-654-2169.
Members of UMW’s faculty and Staff will also be given a special rate of $10 (including tax) for the Irish dinner available at the buffets that evening. Complete menu and details available at UMWDining.com or by e-mailing dining@umw.edu
UMW Dining’s Flo Brown Wins National Award
March 1, 2016 by
Congratulations are due Carolyn “Flo” Brown, salad supervisor for UMW’s Campus Dining Services, for being selected as the Sodexo Experience National Winner for January 2016. Flo was first selected as the UMW Campus Dining award winner, and then she went on to win Sodexo’s district, regional and national competitions. The national winner is selected from more than 600 nominees from colleges and universities across the United States, making this a tremendous feat.
Flo has been with Sodexo in food preparation for more than 17 years and exemplifies the excellence that Sodexo strives to provide for their valued guests – every meal, every day. Roy Platt, general manager of UMW Dining Services, stated: “We were faced with an incredible challenge in January when campus closed down due to the snowstorm. I am extremely thankful that we had Flo to help fill all the gaps in staffing. She does great work every day, but during this emergency situation she was absolutely outstanding!”
Thanksgiving Dinner Servers Needed
November 5, 2015 by
Campus Dining is hosting our first Thanksgiving Dinner in the new University Center between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19. We expect upwards of 1,500 guests and could really use some help serving! Plus, students enjoy seeing their professors and administrators “behind the line”! We are seeking about six volunteers per one hour shift. Shifts begin at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Anyone interested in helping out is asked to contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu or call 540-654-2169. Your help is really appreciated!
Campus-Wide Food Drive Nov. 6-13
October 29, 2015 by
Campus Dining and the UMW Athletic Department, with the support of the UMW Staff Advisory Council and UMW Bookstore, are sponsoring Sodexo’s tenth annual “STOP Hunger” campus and community wide food drive from Nov. 6-13. The goal this year is to collect 25,000 pounds of food, or more than five times the 4,729 pounds of food donated last year. Helping us in this effort are the local YMCA, radio station 99.3 The Vibe, LifePoint Church, Fredericksburg Baptist Church, Food Lion, Giant Food and several area schools and community organizations. All donations will go to the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank.
The UMW Staff Advisory Council, recognizing that hunger is a daily disaster and not just a seasonal need, began their “One Can Hope” food drive earlier this fall and will continue it through Dec. 18. Since all of their donations also go to the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, they have generously agreed to add any donations they receive between Nov. 6 and 13 to our “Stop Hunger” food drive campaign.
The Athletic Department is also participating in a conference-wide food collection competition, which has been won for the last several years by CNU. Our athletes hope to take first place this year, “Canning CNU” and securing recognition for our community’s generosity. They will be manning donation tables in front of the Giant Food store in Eagle Village and assisting with collections across campus throughout the drive.
We are also pleased that radio station 99.3 The Vibe is lending great support to the food drive. In addition to making public service announcements about the drive they will be broadcasting live and giving out prizes at our curb-side collection event on Nov. 6, and they will also provide a free “Vibe” party for the residence hall that brings in the most pounds of food per person in the hall.
We hope everyone in our campus community will contribute to the “Stop Hunger” food drive, providing much-needed food for many of our neighbors. Here are some of the many campus donation opportunities:
- Nov. 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Curb-Side Collection by Seacobeck Hall. Parking spaces will be reserved so that you can easily drive up and deliver your food donations.
- Nov. 6-13: Collections bins in all Campus Dining locations and the UMW Bookstore. Place food donations in the “Stop Hunger” bins. If you make a donation at the UMW Bookstore you will receive a 15 percent discount on your purchase, too!
- Nov. 6–13: “One Can Hope” donation locations.
- Purchasing Office at Eagle Landing (fourth floor)
- Financial Aid Bureau at Lee Hall (first floor)
- Human Resources (just inside the front door)
- George Washington Hall (one collection bin in each hallway on first, second, and third floors)
- Physical Plant Foyer
- Nov. 9-13: Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank Truck in Ball Circle Please check the Campus Dining web site next week for details regarding collection hours.
For additional information about any aspect of the “Stop Hunger” food drive please visit UMWDining.com, e-mail us at Dining@UMW.edu, or contact Campus Dining Marketing Assistant Heather Hosey 540-654-5982.
Stop Hunger Food Drive Launch
October 22, 2015 by
On Friday, Nov. 6, Campus Dining and the UMW Athletic Department will launch Sodexo’s annual “Stop Hunger” food drive on our campus. This is the 10th year that Campus Dining and our UMW athletes have worked together to coordinate a campus and community food drive to benefit local food charities. Last year’s drive resulted in nearly 5,000 pounds of food being donated to the Fredericksbug Regional Food Bank. This year, with the support of the our UMW community, the YMCA, radio station 99.3 The Vibe and several local public schools and churches, we hope to collect a whopping 25,000 pounds of food! We’ve set this goal in order to make a real impact on food insecurity in our area.
Our athletes are also participating in a conference-wide food drive competition and hope to win top honors for UMW as the school collecting the most food for their community. The athletes will be setting up collection tables at local food stores and promoting student donations here on campus. There will be many opportunities for students, faculty and staff to donate non-perishable foods to the “Stop Hunger” food drive.
* Nov. 6: Between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., donations may be dropped off at the curb on College Avenue in front of Seacobeck Hall. Radio station 99.3 The Vibe will also be on hand to help promote donations.
*Nov. 6-13: The UMW Bookstore will be giving discounts to customers who make food donations in the bookstore.
*Nov. 6-13: Collection bins will be available in all Campus Dining locations.
There will also be several other “Stop Hunger” food drive events and Campus Dining will provide boxes, bins, signs and flyers to any UMW office or group wishing to support the food drive. For more information contact Heather Hosey at Heather.Hosey@Sodexo.com or call 540-654-5982.
