INDIANAPOLIS - One IndyGo bus won't be picking up passengers come Nov. 21. Instead, the Jaguars city bus will collect enough food from the IUPUI campus to feed people served by ten different local shelters.

According to Gleaners Food Bank, 13 percent of Hoosiers aren't getting enough to eat. That's why on Tuesday, Nov. 21, IUPUI faculty, staff, and students are once again joining together to fill the bus full of food as part of the "Jam the Jaguars Bus" food drive.

Beginning at 10 a.m., the bus, painted with IUPUI mascot Jinx the Jaguar, will make stops across campus to pick up collections from various departments and offices and will deliver the goods to local shelters including Gleaners, the Julian Center, Lighthouse Mission, Wheeler Mission and more.

Throughout November, IUPUI will encourage students, faculty and staff, as well as the public, to bring in canned goods and other much-needed items. The campus will offer a variety of incentives including:

• Free admission to the women's basketball game on Nov. 10 and the men's basketball game on Nov. 15 with the donation of an item.
• A 25 percent discount at IUPUI bookstores to anyone who brings in a bag of food Nov. 13-Nov. 18.
• Individual office and department incentives including one minute of time off for each item donated and a dress down day for those who bring in a donation.

In the food drive's first year, last year, the campus filled the entire city bus and several large vans full of food. IUPUI student organizations alone contributed 1,800 pounds of food.

"The Jam the Jaguars Bus food drive is just one of the ways IUPUI is showing its commitment to the community," said Kelly Young, IUPUI director of community outreach. "Given the statistics of Indianapolis' homeless and hungry, and based on the success of last year's food drive, we knew that this project is one that we needed to continue."

The public may bring food donations through Nov. 20 to:

• University Library, 755 W. Michigan St.
• University Place Conference Center and Hotel, 850 W. Michigan St.
• IUPUI Bookstores in Cavanaugh Hall, 425 University Blvd., or the Union Building, 620 Union Dr.

They may also drop off their food on Nov. 17 from 6:30-8:30 a.m. in front of University Place and Conference Center and Hotel or on Nov. 21 from noon-1:30 p.m. in front of University College, 815 W. Michigan St.

For more information, please call (317) 274-7711.

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