Each year on May 15, as part of 515 Day in Des Moines, members of the Drake Athletics department rally together to serve our greater Des Moines community.  This year, we are collecting items for the Food Bank of Iowa and the Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Boys & Girls Club.

A few socially-distanced staff members will be stationed out front of the Knapp Center on Friday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. collecting donations. Please consider making a contribution.

The Food Bank of Iowa has identified the following as items of significant need:

• Protein (peanut butter, canned meats, canned fish)
• Canned fruits
• Canned vegetables
• Canned soup
• Pasta sauce
• Breakfast items (including cereal)
• 100 percent fruit juice
• Personal care and paper items (soap, deodorant, toothpaste, etc.)
• New or gently used washed t-shirts

The Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Boys & Girls Club is requesting donations of: 

• Bubbles
• Chalk
• Markers
• Crayons

These items are given to kids waiting in cars as their parents visit the food pantry.

Thank you, and Go Bulldogs!

— Shannon Saunders, Drake Athletics