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One UC Davis food drive has wrapped up, another continues, and toys are still being collected, too.

The Department of Plant Sciences announced that it is collecting nutritious, nonperishable food for the Yolo County Food Bank through Dec. 17. Look for food bins in every plant sciences building.

For more information on the plant sciences collection, contact Donna Maricich at (530) 754-4424 or dddamanchyk@ucdavis.edu, or Bette Lerol at (530) 752-9830 or bllerol@ucdavis.edu.

As reported last week, the recent Mail Services food drive on the Davis and Sacramento campuses brought in nearly 1,000 pounds of canned goods and dry goods for area food banks. Mail Services personnel picked up food donations as part of regular mail collections from Nov. 17 to 21.

The Davis Campus donations went to the Yolo County Food Bank, while the Sacramento Campus donations went to the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services.

Several Davis Campus units are promoting Toys for Tots, in conjunction with the Marine Corps League, Yolo County Detachment 627. The Marine Corps League is asking for donations of new, unwrapped toys for ages infant through 13.

The ASUCD Coffee House and Delta Chi fraternity are working together; their Toys for Tots collection spot is next to the piano in the CoHo’s main dining room. The collection runs through Dec. 5, just before finals and the student exodus for the holidays.

The Office of Administration's Toys for Tots drive runs nearly two weeks longer, through Dec. 17. The OOA has set up 11 collection stations on and off the main campus:

On-campus:

• Human Resources Administration Building, Orchard Road just west of La Rue Road
• Memorial Union, north side near Freeborn Plaza
• Memorial Union, east side between the automated teller machines and the bookstore
• Office of Administration, 436 Mrak Hall
• Police-Fire Building, Kleiber Hall Drive
• Repro Graphics, 176 Hoagland Hall
• Transportation and Parking Services, north of the west entry garage
• University Club, Old Davis Road

Off-campus:

• Accounting and Financial Services, 1441 Research Park Drive, Davis
• Repro Graphics, 3820 Chiles Road. Davis
• Safety Services, 276 Hoagland Hall

In addition, while making deliveries and pickups, Repro Graphics personnel will be happy to pick up donations.

For more information on the Office of Administration Toys for Tots drive, contact Larisa Archer, (530) 752-3945 or lsarcher@ucdavis.edu.

People in the Health Sciences District will find a Toys for Tots collection barrel in the Large Animal Clinic at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

A Marine Corps League spokesman said all Davis Campus donations, like all other toys that are collected in Yolo County, will stay in Yolo County.