Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University implemented a winter clothing campaign in its third year under the slogan (Our clothing is unity), organized by the Deanship of Community Service and Sustainable Development with its volunteer team, in cooperation with the success partner, the Deanship of Human Resources and Social Development, where the campaign received wide participation from various IAU colleges and community members, as it concerned with collecting in-kind food and winter donations in support for the beneficiaries of charitable organizations, including National Committee for Care of Prisoners and Their Families, and the Al-Ber Society in the Eastern Region, at the headquarters prepared to receive donations in the University City in Al-Rakah.
Dean of Community Service and Sustainable Development, Prof. Fatima Abdullah Al-Mulhim, indicated that the campaign this year aimed to meet the nutritional and winter needs of blankets, winter clothes and foodstuffs, as they were distributed individually to each family separately, for about 2,300 families by providing 13,729 winter clothes. The campaign aimed to enhance the value of giving and solidarity as one of the most important pillars of Saudi society and to promote the culture of volunteering to invest youth energies in community service through the volunteering team, which was hosted by the Deanship of Students, directly supervising several their activities and volunteer programs directed to community service. Those who carried it upon themselves to achieve the mission of the university in the service of society. Where 33 volunteer opportunities were offered through the university's account in the volunteering platform to attract volunteers from the university's employees and the community as well to activate their roles as contributors to the success of the campaign's work, where more than 280 volunteers participated.
She explained that the work mechanism for preparing the clothes was implemented in accordance with the precautionary measures, starting with receiving donations in-kind, sorting, maintaining and storing them, then disbursing them to the beneficiary families through the competent disbursement authorities through an experienced and efficient team, characterized by seriousness and effectiveness in this field.
