General Mills Foodservice Partners with MATTER & Chartwells Higher Education to Host Volunteer Event on College Campuses Nationwide
About The Event
For the third year, General Mills Foodservice is partnering with Chartwells Higher Education and MATTER to engage college students in a mass, two-day volunteer effort to spread good in their communities and help fight food insecurity. This year’s “Good Goes Round” event will take place March 25-26 and unite 110 campuses to pack 44,000 MATTERbox snack packs—individual packs of healthy, snacks and nutrition education—to be distributed to local nonprofits, sports camps, after-school programs, college pantries, and health care providers.
Good Goes Round aims to help colleges and universities improve the health of their communities in a turnkey way that promotes volunteerism. Since 2018, the effort has resulted in more than 120,700 MATTERbox packs and the donation of more than two tons of Cheerios and 242,000 Nature Valley bars.
How It Works
- Participating schools receive a pallet containing all the materials to assemble and fill 200 snack packs to distribute in their community. They also receive detailed instructions about how to promote and conduct their event along with digital assets to help drive traffic.
- Once the event is set up, students are asked to volunteer their time, whether it’s five minutes or more, to join an assembly line of others packing the snack packs.
- Each pack will include General Mills’ items such as Cheerios and Nature Valley bars, along with other healthy food items. The packs also include nutrition information and a YOU MATTER® note, offering a way for participants to share an inspirational message with the recipient.
The campuses choose a community partner to donate the snack packs.
Participating Schools
ARKANSAS, Fayetteville – University of Arkansas
ALABAMA, Montevallo – University of Montevallo
ALABAMA, Florence – University of North Alabama
CALIFORNIA, Hayward – Cal State East Bay
CALIFORNIA, San Jose – San Jose State University
CALIFORNIA, San Luis Obispo – CSU Cal Polytechnic
CALIFORNIA, Turlock – CSU Stanislaus
COLORADO, Denver – JWU Denver
CONNECTICUT, Fairfield – Sacred Heart University
CONNECTICUT, Hamden – Quinnipiac University
CONNECTICUT, New Haven – Southern CT State University
CONNECTICUT, Willimantic – Eastern Connecticut State University
FLORIDA, Coral Gabels – University of Miami
FLORIDA, Deland – Stetson University
FLORIDA, Fort Lauderdale – Nova Southeastern
FLORIDA, Fort Myers – Florida Gulf Coast University
FLORIDA, Jacksonville – University of North Florida
FLORIDA, Jupiter – Florida Atlanta University
FLORIDA, Miami – Florida International University
IDAHO, Pocatello – Idaho State University
ILLINOIS, Chicago – DePaul
ILLINOIS, Chicago – IIT
ILLINOIS, Chicago – University of Illinois at Chicago
ILLINOIS, Evanston – Northwestern
INDIANA, Indianapolis – IUPUI
KANSAS, Hays – Fort Hays State University
KANSAS, Wichita – Wichita State University
KENTUCKY, Highland Heights – Northern Kentucky University
LOUISIANA, Baton Rouge – Louisiana State University
LOUISIANA, New Orleans – University of New Orleans
MASSACHUSETTS, Babson Park – Babson College
MASSACHUSETTS, Boston – Northeastern University
MASSACHUSETTS, North Dartmouth – UMass Dartmouth
MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester – Worcester State
MARYLAND, Baltimore – UMBC
MARYLAND, Frostburg – Frostburg State University
MARYLAND, Towson – Towson University
MICHIGAN, Rochester – Oakland University
MICHIGAN, Ypsilanti – Eastern Michigan University
MINNESOTA, St. Cloud – St. Cloud State University
MINNESOTA, Winona – Winona State University
MISSOURI, Cape Girardeau – Southeast Missouri State
MISSOURI, Springfield – Missouri State University
NEBRASKA, Wayne – Wayne State College
NEW HAMPSHIRE, Keene – Keene State College
NEW HAMPSHIRE, Plymouth – Plymouth State University
NEW JERSEY, Galloway – Stockton University
NEW JERSEY, Montclair – Montclair State University
NEW MEXICO, Albuquerque – University of New Mexico
NEW YORK, Brooklyn – New York University – Tandon
NEW YORK, Buffalo – Buffalo State College
NEW YORK, Garden City – Adelphi University
NEW YORK, Hempstead – Hofstra University
NEW YORK, Jamaica – St. John’s University
NEW YORK, Purchase – Purchase College
NEW YORK, Purchase – Manhattanville College
NEW YORK, New Rochelle – Iona College
NEW YORK, New York – Barnard
NEW YORK, New York – Marymount College
NEW YORK, New York – New York University
NEW YORK, Pleasantville – Pace University
NEW YORK, Rochester – St. John Fisher College
NEW YORK, Queensbury – SUNY Adirondack
NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte – UNC Charlotte
NORTH CAROLINA, Greensboro – UNC Greensboro
NORTH CAROLINA, Mars Hill – Mars Hill University
NORTH DAKOTA, Bismark – University of Mary
NEVADA, Reno – University of Nevada, Reno
OHIO, Bowling Green – BGSU
OHIO, Cleveland – Cleveland State University
OHIO, Dayton – Wright State University
OKLAHOMA, Edmond – University of Central Oklahoma
OREGON, Portland – Portland State University
PENNSYLVANIA, Pittsburgh – Carnegie Melon
PENNSYLVANIA, Shippensburg – Shippensburg University
PENNSYLVANIA, Wilkes-Barre – Kings College
TENNESSEE, Cookeville – Tennessee Tech University
TENNESSEE, Memphis – University of Memphis
TEXAS, College Station – Texas A&M University
TEXAS, Corpus Christi – Texas A&M Corpus Christi
TEXAS, Galveston – Texas A&M Galveston
TEXAS, Abilene – Abilene Christian University
TEXAS, Arlington – University of Texas at Arlington
TEXAS, Beaumont – Lamar University
TEXAS, Denton – Texas Woman’s University
TEXAS, Houston – University of Houston
TEXAS, Kerrville – Schreiner University
TEXAS, Richardson – University of Texas at Dallas
TEXAS, San Angelo – Angelo State University
TEXAS, San Marcos – Texas State University
UTAH, Cedar City – Southern Utah University
UTAH, Salt Lake City – University of Utah
VERMONT, Putney – Landmark College
WASHINGTON, DC – American University
WASHINGTON, Seattle – Seattle University
WISCONSIN, La Crosse – University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse
WISCONSIN, River Falls – University of Wisconsin, River Falls
