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Golf and Give Innovation Challenge Yields Great Haul for Billiken Bounty

by Maggie Rotermund
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The Saint Louis University community stocked Billiken Bounty's shelves this week by playing through a mini golf course built out of shelf-stable food items. The event provided more than $2,600 in food and pantry items for the food pantry. 

Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students play miniature golf on a course constructed from shelf-stable grocery items at Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students pack up donations at the conclusion of Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students pack up donations at the conclusion of Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students pack up donations at the conclusion of Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students pack up donations at the conclusion of Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Students pack up donations at the conclusion of Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
Students pack up donations at the conclusion of Golf and Give, an SSE Innovation Challenge to benefit Billiken Bounty on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Thirteen teams signed up to participate in the innovation challenge, led by Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering and the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship in the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business. More than 150 members of the SLU community played the course over two days. 

The participating SLU student organizations included:

The teams were challenged to create a mini golf hole that creatively represents their student organization out of the donation items, employing their creativity and innovative thinking skills. Golfers had the chance to vote for their favorite golf hole design.

Women in Aviation took first place, securing $1,000 of organization funding for their group. Their hole was a Southwest 737 plane, decked out in blue and gold, and featuring miniature seats for golfers to putt around. 

Second place and a $500 award, went to the Flying Billikens. The Flying Billikens hole began on a table and moved to the floor. The design was modeled on an airport runway. 

Located in the Center for Global Citizenship, Billiken Bounty is a safe place where SLU students can choose from a variety of grocery items and healthy foods. The pantry operates on donations of either items or money.