ANGELINA DOHRE
Special to the Leader
The Fredonia chapters of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and the Golden Key International Honour Society collaborated to collect donations for their Operation Christmas Child project. The mission behind this project is to help send supplies to children in need all around the world.
Students set up a table in McEwen Hall and collected donations from Nov. 14–15 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Donations could include accessories, such as t-shirts, crafts, toys and personal items, school supplies and non-liquid hygienic products.
Senior communication disorders and sciences major Alison Malcolm is the current president of the NSSLHA, and she has been a member since she was a freshman.
“Last year was our first year doing this project, and it went great. We are planning again to do it next year,” she said.
The project involved a lot of volunteer work. “Donors prepare and collect shoeboxes. These boxes are then distributed overseas by volunteers,” Malcolm said. “As of April 2015, over 124 million boxes have been delivered, and you are able to track your box to see where it ended up. This is a great way to get involved and make a difference in a child’s life.”
This is the first year the NSSLHA and Golden Key collaborated on the Operation Christmas Child program. “It’s a great way to join ideas and garner a wider audience,” Malcolm said.
A few changes have been made to the project this year in order to spread the word around campus. “This year, we created a poster and set up an Awareness Week table to raise more awareness,” Malcolm said. “We opened it [the project] up to the campus instead of just Fredonia NSSLHA.”