Second SLU Golf and Give Challenge Set for February 25-26
The Saint Louis University community can play the course for a suggested donation to Billiken Bounty
ST. LOUIS - The second Golf and Give Innovation Challenge, led by Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering and the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship in the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, will offer the SLU community two days of miniature golf on campus while helping to stock the Billiken Bounty food pantry.
The challenge will be held in the Wool Ballrooms in Busch Student Center on Feb. 25-26.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Teams of students are building a mini golf course out of non-perishable food items. Each team has selected $200 worth of pantry items that will be used to construct their hole. The teams are challenged to create a mini golf hole that creatively represents their student organization out of the donation items, employing their creativity and innovative thinking skills.
Course Details
- When: Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Where: Wool Ballrooms in Busch Student Center
- Details: Complete the registration form below. Participants may bring a non-perishable food item (or cash donation) for Billiken Bounty when they check in to play. Putter and golf ball will be provided at check-in.
- Questions? Please email sseug@slu.edu.
Located in the Center for Global Citizenship, Billiken Bounty is a safe place where SLU students can choose from a variety of grocery items and healthy foods to help alleviate food insecurity. Billiken Bounty operates using a referral system.
The pantry operates on donations of either shelf-stable items or money. The inaugural Golf and Give in 2024 provided more than $2,600 in food and pantry items.
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