PB and Jam is an annual campus wide service project run by Starfish. Starfish is a service club on campus that is run through OSU’s Hillel. PB and Jam’s goal is to make as sandwiches as possible for homeless shelters around Columbus while also reaching as many different students as possible. This is done by reaching out to other campus clubs and organizations so that there is diversity in who is working together in the project. This year there were eight tables set up around campus with a different club or organization running each one. Fraternities, sororities, clubs and a scholars program joined this year is helping feed the homeless community in Columbus.
My part in making sure this project ran smoothly was contacting the food banks and pantries to make sure there was a place to take all 1000 sandwiches at the end of the day. As well as contacting multiple food pantries around Columbus, I also helped make posters and contact different organizations and clubs around campus that might have partnered with Starfish for PB and Jam.
This was a great experience and let me learn a lot about persistence and how to communication in places outside of my immediate contacts. Calling an organization multiple times is sometimes necessary and leaving voicemails with all of the necessary information can take practice. PB and Jam this year was amazing, and I cant wait to do it again next year!