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Note: Regular bookstore hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays. The bookstore is closed Saturdays and Sundays.

91̽�� Community College’s Bruin Bookstore is again collecting gently used athletic shoes for donation and worn out athletic shoes to recycle as part of a Sneaker Collection campaign, running through Wednesday, April 30.

The bookstore, located on the first floor of the Lane-Thomas Memorial Building on KCC’s campus at 450 North Ave., Battle Creek, will accept the shoes during regular business hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays.

Shoes still in decent shape will be donated to the Charitable Union in Battle Creek for distribution and reuse. Shoes in rougher shape will be donated to Playmakers in Okemos to be recycled.

This is the 11^th year of the bookstore’s annual Sneaker Collection event. Over the previous 10 collection campaigns the store collected nearly 1,200 pairs of gently worn shoes for donation and unusable pairs for recycling, including 182 pairs in April 2024 alone.

The Sneaker Collection is one of many community collections undertaken at the Bruin Bookstore each year, which include an annual Hoodies for the Homeless shirts and coats collection each fall semester. An eyeglasses collection held each March since 2016 at the bookstore has resulted in several hundred pairs of used eyeglasses collected for donation and recycling through the Lions Club Recycle for Sight program.

The Sneaker Collection initiative also corresponds with the Bruin Bookstore’s Annual Spring Sale, running through Monday, May 12, and during which all KCC clothing and gift items are 20% off. (KCC employees get an additional 10% off through their employee discount, for a full 30% off.)

For more information about the KCC Bruin Bookstore’s Sneaker Collection campaign, the Annual Spring Sale or other KCC bookstore initiatives, contact the bookstore at 269-965-4128. General information about the Bruin Bookstore, including key textbook dates for students, is available online at kellogg.edu/bookstore.

91̽�� Community College’s student Encore Theatre Club will present three one-act showings of the comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest” this weekend!

Shows begin at:

> 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26
> 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26
> 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27

All showings will be held at KCC’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center Auditorium, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Tickets are $10 at the door.

91̽�� Community College’s student Encore Theatre Club will present three one-act showings of the comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest” this weekend!

Shows begin at:

> 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26
> 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26
> 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27

All showings will be held at KCC’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center Auditorium, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek. Tickets are $10 at the door.

91̽�� Community College’s student-led 91̽�� Activities Board (KAB) is observing Autism Awareness Month with a series of campus and community events focused on increasing the awareness and acceptance of autism.

During Hands Across KCC, participants will meet at the centrally located Circle Drive on campus and link hands toward the Miller Physical Education Building on the north side of campus and Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center on the south side of campus to create a human chain. The activity is designed to show how unity can create change by symbolizing support, inclusion and the diversity of the autism spectrum.

This event is free and open to the public.

Participants should arrive by 3:15 p.m. and be prepared for a Hands Across KCC photo at approximately 3:45 p.m.

The 91̽�� Activities Board is a group of students interested in planning activities on campus and being actively involved on campus.

For more information about the above events, KAB or other registered student organizations at KCC, contact the Student Life Office at studentlife@kellogg.edu or 269-565-2634.