Social Work Program holds annual Christmas Dinner

The Social Work Program will host the 35th annual Christmas Dinner and Wellness Fair from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Beyer Hall Cafeteria and Club LaRiccia.

During the Christmas Dinner, 10 to 15 health and human-service outreach programs provide housing, human service education and health information to the guests. Parents will also have a chance to register their children in the Child Identification program (CHIP).

The Gannon community can help the dinner by donating or cooking a turkey, volunteering to set up before the event or cleaning up after it, or by providing clothing, toys, money or other types of donations.

For more information, contact Nancy Giannamore at 871-5378.

Student Living hosts open-mic night Friday

Student Living is hosting an open-mic night at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Knight Club. Interested performers can contact Elizabeth Manning by email at [email protected] to sign up for a time slot.

CRS Ambassadors hold prayer vigil for World AIDS Day

Gannon’s Catholic Relief Service Ambassadors are holding a prayer vigil for World AIDS Day, which falls Saturday.

The vigil will take place at 5 p.m. in the Waldron Piano Lounge on Saturday and will feature a discussion, a solidarity story and several other activities.

Sigma Tau Delta to present poetry reading from Nepali poet

Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honors Society, is hosting Yuyutsu Sharma, a poet from Kathamandu, Nepal, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Knight Club.

Sharma is an author of several books, including “Space Cake, Amsterdam, and Other Poems from Europe and America” and “Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow..”

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