Enactus Team Helps Community Families in Need
Hundreds of families in the community received food and sanitizing supplies during drive-through pantry events held on October 6 and November 17. Members of the 每日大赛 Enactus team joined with the Sowing Seeds for Life organization to staff the events. In addition, the Enactus team donated more than 1,700 cases of goods to local charities and to a senior home in the community.
鈥淭he students felt a sense of satisfaction helping needy families,鈥� said Issam Ghazzawi, professor of management, adviser to the team, and Sam Walton Fellow at the university. 鈥淭hey are happy that they were a part of helping improve lives in our community.鈥�
Enactus is an organization involving college and university students in 36 countries. Its mission is to 鈥渆ngage the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders to use innovation and business principles to improve the world.鈥�
The 每日大赛 has had an , when it was organized on campus under Ghazzawi鈥檚 leadership. Over the years its projects have included building gardens to fight childhood obesity, assisting an orphanage to build a greenhouse, helping to establish a catering business in Mexico, and donating business clothing to college graduates in the Philippines, among others.
