* WHAT :* West Virginia Universitys Student Government Association/Student Organization Services annual SHOP (Students Helping Other People) and Toy Mountain media briefing; WVU Facilities Management check presentation

* WHO :* WVU President David C. Hardesty Jr.; Assistant Dean of Students Ron Justice; SHOP /Toy Mountain Coordinator Lisa Costello and other Student Government Association leaders; WVU Student Organization Services, Facilities Management and charity representatives

* WHEN :* 11 a.m.,Wednesday, Dec. 13

* WHERE :* WVU Mountainlair food court/grand staircase

* BACKGROUND :* Since the end of November, WVU students have been collecting toys on campus to distribute to local disadvantaged children. Student Organization Services will build amountainof toys in theLair this week and add to it next week.

* PLEASE NOTE :* Media are also encouraged to take part in Saturdays (Dec. 9)SHOPpingspree. WVU student volunteers and 80 kids ages 6-12 from Monongalia County will meet at 8:15 a.m. at theLair with buses expected to drop them off at Super Kmart around 9 a.m. Children, accompanied by WVU student chaperones, will get to pick out up to $75 worth of clothes and toys at the store. A pizza party in theLair will conclude the event. Media interested in covering this event should contact Janey Cink, News and Information Services, at 304-293-5520 or janey.cink@mail.wvu.edu

(Related news release on the Net:http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/news/page/4659/)