Grab your butter knife and hit up Houston Hall for some peanut butter jelly time.
Jewish Heritage Programs will host its biannual PB&J-A-Thon on Wednesday from 12 to 4 pm in the Bistro Room of Houston Hall . Those who stop by can make one of the 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that will be donated to St. John’s Hospice, a local men’s shelter in Center City .
The tradition of the PB &J-A-Thon began in 2002 and “has grown and become a signature event for the JHP community,” said Penn campus program manager of JHP and 2012 College graduate Andrea Highbloom . This is the first time the event will welcome sponsors outside of Jewish Heritage Programs in several years — Spoon University and the Panhellenic Council. Members of these organizations will join in the sandwich making alongside JHP’s force of over 50 student interns .
Throughout the event, students are encouraged to approach the many tables in the Bistro Room and make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the cause.
"We’re going to grab people from Houston, anyone who could use a quick study break or is there for lunch. They're all free to come to make one sandwich or ten sandwiches," Highbloom said . At the end of the event, interns will deliver the sandwiches to the homeless shelter, where they will be distributed to residents.
“PB&J is one of my favorite JHP events," said Jewish Heritage Programs intern and College senior Katie Schepps in a press release. "We’re looking forward to a great turn out this year and are excited by our partnership with other campus groups to make the event a success.”
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