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October 6, 2000 JOURNALISTS: To arrange interviews or campus visits, contact Jesica Webb, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2079, jwebb@purdue.edu. Purdue students offer hospitality to community Purdue students are learning to give back to the Greater Lafayette community by working with local groups through a Hospitality and Tourism Management class. During the next two weeks, student groups will be involved in a variety of service-based efforts that give them the opportunity to be involved in off-site quantity food service activities while enabling them to engage in community activities. One group will be teaching elementary school children about healthy snacking at 3 p.m. on the following dates: Thursday, Oct. 12 – Washington Elementary School Monday, Oct. 17 – Miller Elementary School Tuesday, Oct. 18 – Hannah Elementary School Throughout the semester, other groups will be working with Lafayette Urban Ministry, the Salvation Army, and the YWCA's shelter for battered and abused women. CONTACT: Rich Ghiselli, associate professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism, (765) 496-2374, ghisellir@cfs.purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page