The Alternative Break student leadership team is breaking out its rolling pins for the third annual Thanksgiving Dessert Fundraiser to raise funds to offset costs for students participating in winter, spring, and summer break service trips. This year, choose from five delicious pies, two dessert breads, and four holiday and host mason jar gifts:

• Homemade Thanksgiving Pies: Apple, Chocolate-Peanut Butter, Cranberry-Orange, Pecan, Pumpkin
• Dessert Breads: Chocolate-Pumpkin Swirl, Cranberry Swirl
• Holiday and Host Mason Jar Gifts: Hot Cocoa Mix, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Brownies, Winter Stew

All desserts will be homemade by members of the Alternative Break student leadership team, just in time for Thanksgiving. Pies and breads will be delivered frozen with baking or thawing directions. Ingredient details are listed on the website. 

Please submit your order by Friday, November 10. Delivery date is Monday, November 20.

Buffalo State’s Rotaract Club had yet another successful September bake sale, making a profit of $253! All proceeds will be donated to the Food Bank of Western New York’s Food for Kids initiative.

Ivy Diggs-Washington from Continuing Professional Studies was the lucky winner of the Pasta Night–themed raffle basket. A special thanks to the club members for committing their time to prepare, package, and sell the baked goods, as well as to everyone who purchased our baked goods and raffle tickets. Thank you, Buffalo State!

Mass for the Feast of All Saints will be celebrated on Wednesday, November 1, at 12:05 p.m. on campus in the Student Union Assembly Hall and at 6:00 p.m. in the Newman Center Chapel, located at 1219 Elmwood Avenue. There will be time before and after the liturgy to inscribe names of those we love in a Book of Remembrance. Our campus ministry staff will pray each day for all those whose names are inscribed in the book; we ask you to hold these in prayer as well.

The Newman Center will celebrate Mass for the Feast of All Saints on Wednesday, November 1, at 12:05 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall and at 6:00 p.m. in the Newman Center Chapel, located at 1219 Elmwood Avenue. All our loved ones are part of what the church calls the "Communion of Saints." The church commemorates these "saints" by celebrating All Saints and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2.

There will be time before and after the liturgy to inscribe the names of those we love in a Book of Remembrance. Our campus ministry staff will pray each day for all those whose names are inscribed in the book.

Join us on October 13 for $5 Friday all day long in the Bengal Kitchen. Only $5 for all you care to eat. We hope to see you there.

The highly anticipated return of our 1300 Club event is here. Our fall debut takes place on Thursday, October 19, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Bengal Kitchen. Double swipe at the door to the Bengal Kitchen for a high-end steak house experience including made-to-order steaks. You won't want to miss this.

Please stop by the Bengal Kitchen in the Campbell Student Union for an "All about Mexico" Globally Inspired Night on Wednesday, October 18, between 4:30 and 9:15 p.m. Enjoy authentic food, music, and decor.

Stop by the Bengal Kitchen today from noon to 1:00 p.m. to see the salad bar transform into a Crunch Lab, and build your own trick-or-treat goody bag!

On behalf of the staff, advisory board, teaching artists, alumni, and students that compose the AFP family, we send a giant thank-you to the Buffalo State campus community for helping make AFP 2017: Sharing Stories/Connecting Communities a huge success! Our annual social justice ritual is truly the product of multiple offices, programs, departments, and individuals who are committed to activating the core values of Buffalo State. While many campuses around the country talk about their commitment to social justice, Buffalo State practices this commitment every day. AFP is proud to have welcomed over 40,000 attendees to our campus over the past nine years, and we look forward to celebrating our 10-year festival anniversary next year. As always, please contact AFP director Drew Kahn or assistant director Eve Everette if you have suggestions or comments. The Anne Frank Project is Buffalo State's project.

Congratulations to Michelle Houston, the MTVU VJ finalist representing Buffalo State. Watch all the finalists on MTVU screens in the Retail Dining Center and the Bengal Kitchen all this week.