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<Title>We are in need of empty copy paper boxes for</Title>
<Tagline>upcoming food drives</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">If you have any, please contact Julie Rosenthal to arrange for someone to pick up from your office.<br><br><a href="mailto:julier@umbc.edu">julier@umbc.edu</a><br><br>Please pass the word to others about our need, and please encourage your colleagues to join our Retriever Essentials Group.<br><br>Please don't forget to bring a non-perishable food donation to the Holiday Party in the UC on Thursday where we are doing a food drive.<br><br>Thank you for your amazing support!!  <br>
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<Summary>If you have any, please contact Julie Rosenthal to arrange for someone to pick up from your office.  julier@umbc.edu  Please pass the word to others about our need, and please encourage your...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="72738" important="true" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/graduate-student-life/posts/72738">
<Title>Thank you Sandi Blasetti, Financial Services and Admin Bldg</Title>
<Tagline>folks for this wonderful donation of non-perishable food!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">for Retriever Essentials.<br><br>If you are attending the holiday party on Thursday, December 14 in the UC Ballroom, please bring a non-perishable food item for our Retriever Essentials food drive.<br><br>We are in greatest need of healthy, non-sugar sweetened cereals, pasta sauce, soups, canned fruit packed in its own juice and canned vegetables.<br><br>We can also use hotel and full size toiletries and reuseable grocery bags.<br><br>Please pass the word to others who may be able to donate.<br><br>We work in an amazing community.  Thank you to everyone who has donated and to those who are planning to donate.<br><br>We collect year round.  Collection boxes are located:<br><br>1.  Admin Building across from elevators,<br>2.  RAC to left of reception desk,<br>3.  Commons next to reception desk, and<br>4.  Library, on the right as you walk in.<br><br>Please consider doing a food drive for us at your holiday party or upcoming meeting(s).<br><br>Happy Holidays to everyone.<br><br>
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<Summary>for Retriever Essentials.  If you are attending the holiday party on Thursday, December 14 in the UC Ballroom, please bring a non-perishable food item for our Retriever Essentials food drive.  We...</Summary>
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<Title>We are out of peanut butter and we need canned pasta sauce</Title>
<Tagline>Also need canned fruit packed in its own juice</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">We have enough food for about 7 more bags.  Please, if you can do a food drive for us at your holiday party, or if you could donate an item, that would be great.<br><br>Details about Retriever Essentials can be found at retrieveressentials.umbc.edu<br><br>Please no ramen or cup a noodles.<br><br>Questions?  Contact Julie Rosenthal at <a href="mailto:julier@umbc.edu">julier@umbc.edu</a><br>
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<Title>Great Article in The Retriever about Retriever Essentials</Title>
<Tagline>Thank you to everyone who has donated to our cause!!</Tagline>
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    <a href="https://retriever.umbc.edu/retriever-essentials-program-tackles-food-insecurity/">https://retriever.umbc.edu/retriever-essentials-program-tackles-food-insecurity/</a><br><br>Please spread the word to others in your department.  We only have 54 people as part of this group, and we need to get into the hundreds.<br>
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<Title>We are running low on food - can you help?</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">We are in great need of the following items:<br><br>Healthy non-sugar sweetened cereals (think Cheerios, Raisin Bran, Oatmeal)<br>Peanut Butter<br>Nuts<br>Spaghetti Sauce<br>Canned fruit packed in its own juice or made with Splenda<br>Jelly<br>Canned tuna packed in water<br>Canned chicken packed in water<br>Healthy snacks<br><br>Some of our students are skipping meals to pay for books or to pay their rent.  Every single non-perishable food item that is donated makes a huge difference to those who are struggling.<br><br>We are hoping departments will host food drives at their holiday parties.<br><br>We have a team of student volunteers who will pick up the food from you.<br><br>Food can also be dropped off at the RAC (to the left as you walk in), Library (to the right as you walk in), Admin (in front of elevators) and Commons (by reception desk).  Look for the bright yellow box that says Retriever Essentials.<br><br>Contact Julie Rosenthal (<a href="mailto:julier@umbc.edu">julier@umbc.edu</a>) to arrange a pick up.<br><br>Thank you for passing the word to others who may be able to assist.<br><br><br>
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<Title>We are running low on toiletry items</Title>
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<Title>Can you do a food drive at your holiday party?</Title>
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    <p>Free Food and Drinks</p>
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    <p>1.  Spread awareness about food insecurity in our campus community.</p>
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    <div>The postcard was sent to all individuals on the State's master payroll file, which includes Graduate Assistants. The State send the notification every year to ensure individuals who <em>may</em> be eligible are on alert to the enrollment period. However, this does not apply to UMBC GAs because we receive our Health Benefits through the university (and Aetna) not the State. </div>
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    <div>If you have further questions, you can reach out to a benefits specialist at UMBC: <a href="mailto:hrbenefits@umbc.edu">hrbenefits@umbc.edu</a>
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    <div>Here is a link to the s<a href="https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/umbcga/sbc1718.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ummary of benefits and coverage for the 2017-2018 school year.</a>
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    <div>Here is a <a href="https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/en/school/890425/members/how-to-use-your-plan.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">link with directions on how to use your insurance.</a>
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    <div>Here is a <a href="http://www.aetna.com/dse/search?site_id=studenthealth" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">link to find a preferred provider (in network).</a>
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