Students Collect Pet Food for Fayetteville Animal Shelter
Leslie Stillwell, publicity and marketing committee leader for the class (center right), presents a check to Joni Mosher, programs administrator for the Animal Shelter. From left are Robert Harrington, director of the restaurant and hospitality management program; John Hart, animal control officer; student Emily Culver; Mosher; Stillwell; student Emily Neuman; and assistant professor Godwin Charles Ogbeide.
Students enrolled in the Meetings, Events and Conventions Management course in the restaurant and hospitality management program collected and donated $500 and about 220 pounds of pet food to the Fayetteville Animal Shelter in December.
Godwin Charles Ogbeide, assistant professor in the School of Human Environmental Sciences, said the students organized a pet pageant, raised money and collected the pet food. This is the fourth year the class has taken on the project to support the shelter.
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