CCU helps 'Set the Table' for Catholic Charities

It took a 12-passenger cargo van and a Honda Element to deliver all the donations that CCU's Office of Civic Engagement received on April 15. Approximately 30 different departments and student groups at Coastal Carolina University donated more than 30 laundry baskets filled with hygiene products and household goods to about a dozen senior citizens in our community as part of the biannual "Setting the Table" program.

Civic Engagement partners with Catholic Charities-Pee Dee each semester to gather and donate items to community members. Civic Engagement sponsors a senior communication capstone student who oversees the process from start to finish. The Setting the Table team spent time with the senior citizens as they walked through Catholic Charities-Pee Dee’s office to choose items from the donations and receive food items.

“I enjoyed working with Setting the Table so much and meeting all of the senior citizens,” said Morgan Barry, Setting the Table's capstone student. “I wish I could participate in the fall Setting the Table event for Thanksgiving.”

The next Setting the Table program will take place in November 2016. Information will be available in early fall on how to sponsor a basket for the fall event. 

– By Elaine Giles
Coordinator of Civic Engagement
Office of Student Life