Beginning Monday, Sellery Hall will be home to Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group's clothing drive for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Collection bins will be placed on each floor March 3-10 in the residence hall to collect any clothing donations students can make, according to Samantha Meyer, a UW-Madison sophomore and WISPIRG intern who organized the event.
Clothing will be collected and distributed by St. Vincent de Paul, a charity organization that operates several thrift stores in Madison as well as a food pantry.
They donate $15,000 worth of clothing each year [to the needy] and they also come and pick up the clothes and provide bins,"" Meyers said of St. Vincent de Paul. ""They've been really cooperative and helpful [with the clothing drive].""
WISPIRG interns working on the Hunger and Homelessness campaign each plan an event to help those stricken by poverty, homelessness and hunger, Meyers said.
""Other interns have planned other small events like an art sale, a fast and we're going to have an event during Earth Week.""
The clothing drive in Sellery is a ""test run"" for other drives across campus, said Meyer, and, depending on the success, may lead to other events in residence halls.
