Each year the Student Life Special Events Committee coordinates a Give Back to the Community project for the staff in the Division of Student Life to participate in. This year the Division gathered donations for the Rice County Department of Social Services Family Center.
The Family Center is one of the newest additions to the Child and Family Services Program for Rice County Social Services. It is a supervised and safe place for families to gather and visit with their children and it is used as a place to support parents while also being a safe place for Social Workers to take children to in an emergency. The Family Center is used seven days a week and in the winter months it is a busy hub of activity.
The Division of Student Life gathered and donated numerous boxes of diapers and baby wipes, dozens of puzzles and games, multiple toys, and even a kids’ kitchen and workbench. Additionally cash donations and gift cards were used to purchase additional items requested by the center. Rice County Department of Social Services Family Center was very appreciative of the partnership!