{"id":3598,"date":"2014-03-27T21:32:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T21:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2014-03-27T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T21:32:12","slug":"jsu-students-celebrate-women-by-giving-to-the-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2014\/03\/27\/jsu-students-celebrate-women-by-giving-to-the-needy\/","title":{"rendered":"JSU students celebrate women by giving to the needy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students Ashlyn Pittman and Shemekia Arterberry participating in toiletry drive. Photo: Taylor Bembery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taylor Bembery<\/strong>
\n Associate Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students at Jackson State University continue to celebrate women through giving with a toiletry drive held during Women\u2019s Emphasis Week 2014.<\/p>\n

The drive, which began on March 24 and ends March 28, will benefit women in need.\u00a0 Sponsored in conjunction with the Student Government Association, students are urged to drop off donations that include: toilet paper, toothbrushes, diapers, soap, feminine hygiene products, baby wipes, conditioners, women\u2019s underwear, deodorants, facial tissues, disposable razors, toothpaste, lotions, socks, laundry soap, dishwashing soap, stationary\/envelopes, and batteries, in the Student Center from 11 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

During donation hours, there is also a trivia game held that allows students to learn different facts about women\u2019s health and history. Small tokens of appreciation are given away to people that donate and participate in the trivia game.<\/p>\n

Shemekia Arterberry, a communicative disorders major from Jackson, Miss. who is on the Women\u2019s Emphasis Week committee, said that it is important to give to the less fortunate and that students should know that it is not always about receiving because giving back to the community is rewarding within itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot people that can\u2019t afford those simple things. It\u2019s very important for those ladies that can reach out and give to those who are in need. They need these essential things on a daily basis. It may be easier for us to access those things and not for them,\u201d said Arterberry.<\/p>\n

JSU students that contributed and participated in the trivia game shared some things they learned.<\/p>\n

Ashlyn Pittman, a senior early childhood education major from Jackson, Miss., said she learned some facts about women that she didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe jeopardy trivia game was very informative. It educates women on what they need to know about their body,\u201d said Pittman.<\/p>\n

Lakeia Thurman, a senior English major from Greenwood, Miss., said the trivia game and drive helped her realize that the little things are appreciated.<\/p>\n

\u201dYou never know what can happen as women; we could be in a similar position and need a helping hand. So if we can help someone, give what you can. They should have drives like this more often for anything because that\u2019s the only way you can get students to start paying attention and take a moment out of their own lives and think about someone else,\u201d said Thurman.<\/p>\n

The donations from the drive will be taken to a local women\u2019s shelter in Jackson. If you would like to join the group that will deliver these items, please send an email to missjsu2014@jsums.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor Bembery Associate Editor Students at Jackson State University continue to celebrate women through giving with a toiletry drive held during Women\u2019s Emphasis Week 2014. The drive, which began on March 24 and ends March 28, will benefit women in need.\u00a0 Sponsored in conjunction with the Student Government Association, students are urged to drop off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}