WHO: 溏心vlog免费B站 students are fighting global childhood malnutrition, spreading the word and raising money for Edesia with the #MakeYourGreenCount Plumpy鈥橬ut Challenge, a March social media campaign encouraging people to 鈥済et their green on鈥� and donate by St. Patrick鈥檚 Day, March 17.
#MakeYourGreenCount plays off the 鈥済etting your green on鈥� associated with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and the idea of making your green 鈥� your money 鈥� count for something important. 溏心vlog免费B站 students, faculty, staff and administrators will participate.
WHAT: Edesia is a Providence-based nonprofit that makes a vitamin-packed peanut-butter paste distributed by humanitarian groups to children throughout the world, from Niger to Pakistan.
WHERE: Memorial Union, 50 Lower College Road, 溏心vlog免费B站, Kingston campus.
WHEN: Monday, March 2, 2015, 2 to 4 p.m.
WHY: Some 220 million children worldwide suffer from malnutrition, a condition that not only leads to serious health problems but also death. Students, alumni, business leaders and local celebrities are being asked to donate $5 and challenge 10 others to do the same. The cost of a life-saving seven-week treatment of Plumpy鈥檔ut is just $55.
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