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United Way raises nearly $640,000\nIU's United Way 2000-01 campaign received two of the five awards presented at the weekend's United Collegiate Conference in South Bend.\nThe conference's organizers presented awards in four categories. IU and United Way of Monroe County shared awards for community impact and overall excellence.\nIU won for "Outstanding Campaign Efforts in the Area of Community Impact" and for "Campaign Excellence Award for Engaging Collegiate Communities," according to a press release.\nIU employees raised nearly $640,000 for this year's United Way campaign in Monroe County, the largest amount ever contributed to the annual campaign by the University. \nThe funds raised at IU exceeded the University's $600,000 goal. Overall, the "Solutions for People" campaign raised $1.72 million, a Monroe County record, according to the release.\nIU's portion of the "Solutions for People" campaign was co-chaired by Christopher Simpson, vice president for public affairs and government relations, and Dorothy Frapwell, University counsel. They were joined by a team of more than 200 volunteers from the campus to help 26 United Way agencies and other eligible not-for-profit groups in the community.\nMembers of IU advocacy group Hoosiers for Higher Education, United Way of Monroe County's board of directors and members of the student body represented IU at the conference.\nStudents donate meal points\nApril 16-17, IU students donated more than 2,000 meal points to help generate funding for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank during a two day Miss-A-Meal program sponsored by the IU Student Association. Students helped the food bank receive $1,064.60, which will help the program supply and distribute food to local and regional food pantries around the state. \nRepresentatives from IUSA plan to purchase and deliver food supplies sometime next week.\n"The option to donate meal points allows students to help members of our community that need it most and, at the same time, use their extra points," said sophomore Justin Barnes, IUSA director of student rights, in a news release. "The drive will help students develop a feeling of ownership in the community that we all live in for at least four years"