Kennesaw State’s Week of Welcome, spearheaded by the Office of the Dean of Students, and Volunteerism and Service Learning Organization are teaming up with Rise Against Hunger to prepare meals for those in need.
The event will be hosted Aug. 16 in the Wilson Student Center Ballrooms from 1-2:30 p.m. on the Marietta campus. Students who participate in the event will join their peers to put together nutritional meals that will be distributed to food-insecure individuals in multiple countries.
According to Owllife, students aim to package over 17,000 meals in one day alone.
The collaborator, Rise Against Hunger, is a service organization that aspires to give nutritional aid to those in need from anywhere in the world, often times by hosting events like this one.
This is WOW’s second year working with Rise Against Hunger. According to the chair of the WOW committee, Ron Lunk, the committee was inspired to bring the project back because of its popularity the previous year.
“It’s a come-and-go event,” Lunk said. “As people have time, they can come through and make these meal packets.”
WOW will also host an interactive Comedy Mentalist and Hypnotist Show on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 8 p.m. in the ARC Amphitheater on the Kennesaw campus.
The show stars the Boston mentalist duo Antonina and David Hall, who will be performing a variety of interactive tricks. During the event, participants will not only have the chance to be hypnotized but will also have a chance to have their thoughts read and see future predictions revealed.
Lunk said that the committee wanted to put on a show that would give students a break from first-week stress. “Let’s just come out, laugh, and do something fun,” Lunk said.
The committee began planning activities in January and met monthly until August to talk about the plans and activities. The fun part, Lunk said, began when the committee started narrowing down the talent around April.
Compared to the comedy acts held in the past, this year’s WoW went with something more interactive.
According to their website, the mentalist duo offers two main styles of performance, including the “Stand-Up Mentalist/Mind-Reading Show,” which combines their usual mind-blowing antics with comedy, and the “Walk Around Metalist Duo,” a slightly more intimate group-style reading featuring multiple tricks.
Students can learn more about these events on WOW’s website or Owl Life page. To learn more about Antonina and David or see videos of past performances, visit admentalists.com.
To learn more about Rise Against Hunger and their efforts, visit RiseAgainstHunger.org.
