Coon Rapids, MN - A holiday food drive at Anoka-Ramsey Community College (ARCC) collected close to 500 pounds of food and household staples for donation to a local food shelf.

In early December, students in the ARCC chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the college’s honor society, challenged the college’s faculty and staff to compete against the student body. The goal was to see which group could generate the most donations. Over the past three weeks, the faculty and staff won handily, collecting 12 boxes of supplies to the students’ five boxes.

Though the total amount of donations represented about half of what was collected in last year’s holiday drive, all involved deemed the effort a worthy one.

Student organizers delivered the collected supplies to the Anoka County Armory in Anoka. Key organizers included Phi Theta Kappa members Jared Hudalla, Amanda Even and Jenna Haring, as well as ARCC Secretary for the President Lynnette Brambrink.

About Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, with campuses in Coon Rapids and Cambridge, has been a leading provider of higher education and training in the north suburban area of Minneapolis/St. Paul and East Central Minnesota since 1965. Annually, the college serves more than 9,700 learners of all ages as they pursue associate degrees that transfer as the first two years of a bachelor's degree, or certificate programs that lead immediately to rewarding careers. ARCC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.