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    <div class="html-content">Hillel is hosting Shabbat dinner at the Interfaith Center <strong>right now</strong>! Please visit the Interfaith Center to share a meal with your UMBC fellows. </div>
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<Summary>Hillel is hosting Shabbat dinner at the Interfaith Center right now! Please visit the Interfaith Center to share a meal with your UMBC fellows. </Summary>
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<Title>We are in need of canned fruit packed in its own juice AND</Title>
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<Title>It's Save-a-Swipe Time!</Title>
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    The Retriever Essentials Student Leadership Board contributes to the vision of
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    collecting and inventorying donations, and packing and delivering food bags.
    Ambassadors may also assist with the design and </span><span>facilitation</span><span> of workshops
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    other engaging outreach events. This means that it is essential for all
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<Title>Free Food Leftover from a Catering Event - Public Policy Bld</Title>
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<Summary>Please pass the word.</Summary>
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<Title>We are in need of peanut butter and rice</Title>
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<Title>Rare and Exciting Opportunity!</Title>
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