Archive for September 26th, 2019

Food Friday

UM volunteers are helping Missoula children get pre-packaged food donated by local organizations.

Hundreds of volunteers from the school and the community worked to help provide 1 hundred thousand meals to Missoula. The Missoula Food Bank receives the packaged food and then distributes them to children in need. The goal is to provide food over the weekend for kids who rely on free and reduced breakfast and lunch during the week.

UM parent Ian Wilson volunteered because of his daughter. He says he is happy to help the community that has been so welcoming to them.

Students Strike Against Climate Change

Missoula students say they plan to strike once a month until government officials take action against climate change.

Last week, they kicked off the climate strike with a rally at Caras Park. Students and community members gathered to listen to speeches and poems urging older generations to take climate change more seriously.

More than 150 students joined countries around the world in this international strike. Griffin Ziegert, a junior at Big Sky High School, said it was amazing to see the hills of Caras Park filled with young adults and community members coming together for the rally.

Biking in Missoula

Missoula is nationally ranked for its bike friendly streets. To accommodate the biking population the university offers maintenance classes taught by staff of the outdoor program.

Student manager and bike mechanic, Kenly Crisp, says he is happy to live in one of the top five bicycle communities in the country.

“I feel like Missoula has always been a bike friendly town, considering that Helena and great falls aren’t bike friendly in the slightest. Moving here I was excited to bike around because I feel like I won’t get hit by a car.”

Surveys found that six percent of Missoulians’ primary mode of transportation is biking, well above the other major cities in Montana.  And the university has been recognized with a gold rating for bicycle friendliness.

Written and edited by Tina Brennnan