12/18/2007

Community Spirit Drives Toys and Food Donations at KTI

Every year KTI sponsors a number of programs to help those less fortunate, and every year the students, staff and faculty respond generously, opening their hearts and wallets to those who need help. Two of the charities supported by KTI are Toys for Tots and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.

Keystone Technical Institute is an official drop-off site for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots drive that delivers new toys and a message of hope to the children in the Harrisburg area. During the holiday season, Keystone Technical Institute and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots ask people to drop off new, unwrapped toys to the collection box at KTI's campus. Campaign coordinators pick up the collected toys and deliver them to needy children in time for the holidays. The students, staff and faculty here have such generous spirits that the collection box overflowed. Donations continued to be accepted until December 7th.

The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank distributes more than 15 million pounds of food and grocery products every year to more than 500 soup kitchens, shelters, and food pantries in 27 central Pennsylvania counties. These agencies directly feed thousands of hungry families throughout Central Pennsylvania. Keystone Technical Institute collects non-perishable food items from our students, faculty, and staff as well as from members of the surrounding community to contribute to this worthwhile program. Thanks to the generosity of the KTI family, many families won’t be going hungry this holiday season. Donations were accepted until December 17th.

Author Nelson Henderson once said: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” The KTI family works hard to live up to this principle.

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