Greek Life Gives Back

Established in 1980, the San Antonio Food Bank serves 16 counties across southwest Texas and provides food and grocery products to more than 530 partner agencies. On Friday, March 24, and Thursday, March 30, Trinity University Greek Life contributed to that mission by volunteering at the Food Bank. Students from Trinity sororities and fraternities sorted through and inspected food products that were once destined for landfills. They closely examined products to make sure they had expiration dates, nutrition facts, and an ingredient list.

Victoria “Tory” Tolar ’18 serves as the Trinity Greek Council Service Chair and was the person in charge of planning the Food Bank service event. Tolar, a member of Chi Beta Epsilon, calls service at the Food Bank a “humbling” experience.

“It is important that Trinity Greek Life gives back to San Antonio,” Tolar says. “My favorite part about volunteering at the Food Bank is that groups of different individuals from different clubs can come together and work on something bigger than ourselves.”

After listening to a safety and instructional briefing, students began inspecting product. Any bad product, determined by Feeding America food donation guidelines, was sent to the trash. Long-term Food Bank volunteers and staff members were on-hand to assist Trinity students.

Sarah Collins ’17, a member of the Spurs sorority, says she volunteered at the Food Bank because she believes “it is important for Trinity to involve itself in San Antonio” because the University is a part of the community and “we should do our part here.”

“I am volunteering today because I think it is important to give back to your community, especially if you have the time and the resources to do so,” Collins says. “The Food Bank has a really good reputation in San Antonio and does a lot for southwest Texas communities.”

Kappa Kappa Delta member Garret Bentz ’18 agreed with Collins.

“We recognize the importance of giving back to the community and this is a really easy thing to do,” says Bentz. “The Food Bank is a really good facility and we’ve all enjoyed the work that we did here today.”

In addition to serving their community, Greek Life members also earned standards points for their clubs.