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Appalachian State University

287 River St.
Boone North Carolina, 28607

NEWS RELEASE

Feb. 10, 2017 CONTACT: Sierra Forchheimer

772-563-7080
forchheimersm@appstate.edu

THIS VALENTINES DAY, LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY BY HELPING SERVE

WATAGUA COUNTY

With three different ways to contribute and a concert to top off the night, come see what
loving your community is all about.

BOONE, N.C. This Valentines Day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Appalachian State

University will be hosting a community-centered service event, Love Your Community.

About 30 percent of the Watauga Country residents live below poverty level, Love Your

Community is an event held to help out the community members in need. I encourage

everyone to volunteer this Valentines Day in any way possible to help keep our

community clean and safe said, Chancellor Sheri N. Everts.

One of the three different ways to volunteer is by donating non-perishable food

items to the Hunger and Health Coalition. The Hunger and Health Coalition serves local

neighbors in need by offering food and shelter. There will be a donation station for the

canned foods set up outside the Appalachian PanHellenic Hall, 949 Blowing Rock Rd.

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The second volunteering opportunity is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Watauga

County Library, 140 Queen St. Some of the children who will be impacted through the

donations to The Hunger and Health Coalition will be at the library and they are in need

of volunteers to come visit with the children and read books to them.

The last way to get down and dirty with volunteering this Valentines Day is by

participating in a community cleanup. Every hour between 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. a group of

volunteers will meet at the Appalachian State Belk Library, 218 College St. Each group

of volunteers will be split up into teams and each team will be assigned an area in Boone

to help clean up for that hour.

For all your hard work, Appalachian Popular Programing Society, a university

funded event planning student organization, will be hosting a charitable concert with

Strictly Strings that night at 9 p.m. in Legends, 190 Hardin St. Strictly Strings is an

Appalachian Old-Time band born in Boone, North Carolina. Together for three years

Strictly Strings has had local shows, private gigs and radio shows. Tickets for the event

will be $5 and all proceeds will be donated to the Hunger and Health Coalition.

So please, this Valentines Day join the fun and show Boone how much you love

your community.

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About Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University, in North Carolinas Blue Ridge Mountains,

prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage

their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The transformational

Appalachian experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in

inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion

and determination, and embrace diversity and difference. As one of 17 campuses in the

University of North Carolina system, Appalachian enrolls about 18,000 students, has a

low faculty-to-student ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

About Hunger and Health Coalition

Founded in 1982 as a labor of love, the Hunger and Health Coalition strives to be

a resource for individuals and families within our community who are struggling to

provide themselves with basic needs such as food and prescription medicines. The

Hunger and Health Coalition today offers multiple services to people in need within our

community: food, prescription assistance, snacks for children, clothes and much more.

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