This year during Move Out, don’t throw away items that don’t fit in your car – donate them to the YMCA at Virginia Tech’s Ytoss? Six collection points will be available on campus for you to donate your gently used items.
May 3rd to May 8th from 10:00am to 5:00pm at the following locations:
West End Market
Slusher Beach: between Slusher and Campbell Halls
Upper Quad: between Monteith and Shanks Hall
The Prairie (2 locations): between PY, O’Shag, Lee and Pritchard Halls
President’s Quad: between Johnson, Miles, Barringer, Newman Halls
Collection boxes will be available at Oak Lane Housing
Items collected in May allow students and community members to make affordable purchases of necessary items during August Move In while keeping our campus and community clean and reducing waste going into landfills. This event is quickly becoming one of Blacksburg’s most notorious “garage sales.” Items being collected include:
TVs and other electronics
Microwaves and refrigerators
Furniture, rugs, and clothing
Fans, hutches and more
Non-refrigerated foods, paper products and laundry detergent (opened or unopened) to be given to a local food bank
We are also seeking volunteers. We need assistance at the collection points each day; it’s a great chance to study for exams and hang out in the sun. If you work 4 hours or more, you’ll get a free Ytoss? t-shirt! Please contact ymcasp@vt.edu with questions or to volunteer for our third annual Ytoss?
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Ricardo Quintana-Castillo of Mayaguez, P.R., a Ph.D. candidate in computer science in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, is researching how social networks and social interactions affect the way people manage their personal information. He has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides three years of funding.
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The scientist appointed to lead a major new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initiative to combat infectious diseases will present the keynote address during Virginia Tech's upcoming Deans' Forum on Infectious Diseases.
Ricardo Quintana-Castillo of Mayaguez, P.R., a Ph.D. candidate in computer science in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, is researching how social networks and social interactions affect the way people manage their personal information. He has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides three years of funding.
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