Pictured l to r: Kate Kafonek (Nu Omicron member), Vickie Sneed (Nu Omicron treasurer), Chris Brees-Rostveit (Nu Omicron president), Cahrylene Phyall (FOC president) and Louise Gibson (FOC office manager)

Nu Omicron, the honors society of the School of Criminal Justice, has been very busy supporting the local community this fall. Their first endeavor was organizing a clothing drive to benefit the Friendship Outreach Center (FOC), which provides food and clothing to families in need in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Criminal Justice Associate Professor Renita Seabrook, who sits on the FOC board of directors, helped to connect Nu Omicron with the center, and within a few short months the honors society has collected and donated over 9,000 items of clothing to FOC!

(If you’d like to donate clothing to FOC, Nu Omicron will be accepting donations Monday through Friday from 12-5 p.m. in LAP, Room 538 until Dec. 14.)

Nu Omicron is also coordinating the School of Criminal Justice’s contributions to UB’s annual holiday food drive. The UB Food Drive, benefitting the Maryland Food Bank and the Lawyers’ Campaign Against Hunger, asks members of the UB community to drop off canned and/or nonperishable food items in the boxes found in the University’s main buildings. Nu Omicron has already collected nearly 400 nonperishable items to be donated to the drive, and will continue to collect donations throughout the remainder of the fall semester. The UB Food Drive is happening now and will continue through Dec. 18.

Learn more about Nu Omicron.

Learn more about the UB Food Drive.