Through a multi-year partnership called ND for the Environment, the Alumni Association has moved to make its Football Fridays at the Eck events “food waste free.”

Student interns and staff members from the Office of Sustainability educate Football Friday guests and families about why it’s important to think differently about their food choices, and how our food waste recycling system works. Sorting trash, non-consumable food and recyclables into separate bins at the waste station, in addition to maintaining outside recycle bins, ensures the capture of non-consumable food waste and clean recycling, diverting it from the landfill.

For the first five home games waste ambassadors have been able to capture 675 pounds of food for the University’s Grind2Energy system, leading to carbon emissions avoidance of over 459 pounds — the equivalent of fully charging nearly 100,000 smartphones. All remaining consumable food from this event is collected by the student-run Food Rescue US program and donated to local charities. Additionally, more than 865 pounds of clean recycling have been recovered.

To read more about these sustainability efforts, click here.

Dear Colleagues,

I write to ask for prayers for Julia Onghetich’s extended family, as her paternal grandfather passed away earlier this week. At the age of 95, Mel Yoder had lived a long and happy life married 66 years to his surviving wife Betty (Julia’s grandma).

His obituary can be found here. Funeral services will be Friday, and Julia will return to the office on Monday. Thank you for the prayers.

-Katherine Lane

Please keep Sarah Carruthers, Tom Scrace, and their family in your prayers. Sarah’s mother Margaret, passed away Saturday at her home surrounded by her family. Margaret’s obituary is below, including information on services which will be held this week in Elk Grove Village, IL.

Margaret Carruthers Obituary

-Ashley Gerard

Do you park regularly in the Eddy Street Garage? Have you gotten a new car or new license plate since you originally received your pass? If so, please stop by the parking office (located on the left as you walk into the garage, the door just past the archway) and update your information. In the event that anything happens to your vehicle, or it needs to be moved, having the correct information not only speeds up the process of contacting you, but could keep you from getting towed!!

Thanks so much for your assistance with this important process.

Colleagues,

Please use this link to access a shared document containing all registered guests for this weekend’s Annual Giving football events:

AGSM VA Tech Football Events Attendees

Please contact Shannon Longo with any registration questions, or Sean Boudreau with any event questions. Go Irish!

We hope everyone enjoyed this year’s Development Halloween Spooktacular! A big thank you to all the teams who decorated spaces and to all those who volunteered to help. We had a tie for second place between the Development Coordinators’ “Under the Sea” and Annual Giving’s “Area 51.”

First place, and with bragging rights for the whole year, goes to Information Technology and Services’ “M&Ms.” Congratulations!

Because everyone did such a fantastic job this year, the Halloween Committee will be providing lunch for all the teams that participated. Look out for details in the coming weeks.

You can view photos from the Spooktacular here.

In appreciation of everyone’s hard work, please feel free to leave at 4pm on Halloween (this Thursday) if your workload permits.

Dear Colleagues,

On Thursday, November 14 at 12:30 pm EDT, the Office of Gift Planning will be hosting a complimentary webinar, Year-End Charitable Planning, for Notre Dame benefactors. Alisa M. Shin, J.D., Senior Wealth Planner at Vanguard will be our special guest presenter. An email promoting this event and offering our Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brochure was sent on October 15th to ~28,700 benefactors to the University with follow-up scheduled for November 3rd and November 13th. Registration is required for this event.

For more information about this webinar, please contact Laura Walker.

Please tell your friends and family members who want to explore working at Notre Dame or who want to gain additional professional experience to check out the following temporary roles. Maybe you know someone who is just entering or re-entering the workforce, and has just the skills and great attitude these teams are looking for!

IT: myNotreDame Support Coordinator: 20 hours/week, starts now, ends at end of project (multiple months) – NDAA
Reunion Office Coordinator: December 9 – June 26th – NDAA
Gift Management Support: early November – mid January; 40 hrs/week – does include working over the break.

For any questions, please contact Tara Gilchrist.

Join the fight against cancer by registering and participating in the Harper Cancer Fitness Challenge, a week-long fundraiser where participants improve the lives of others by supporting cancer research and getting active.

Participants join by simply registering for $10 and logging their physical activity to unlock a $25,000 matching gift. For Every 1-mile or 10 minutes of activity a participant logs between Oct. 26-Nov. 1, it will be matched with $1. People who would like to give to the cause can also simply donate as well. All donations and registration fees go directly back to the Harper Cancer Research Institute at Notre Dame.

Go to giving.nd.edu/harperchallenge to register today! If you have any questions, please email Devon Aragona at daragona@nd.edu.