According to their website, Temple University broke the world record for number of peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches made in an hour last week at the Liacouras Center. The Main Campus Program Board coordinated the event and assembled more than 1,300 volunteers to work together to make 49,100 PB&J’s, beating the previous record by nearly 10,000. The sandwiches were distributed to local food banks, including Youth Services, Inc.

   “This is a great opportunity to bring the local community together with students, faculty, staff and alumni for a common cause, to build sandwiches for those in need,” said Program Coordinator for Student Activities Bryan Newman.

   18 volunteers were stationed at each table, working frantically to make as many sandwiches as possible. Guinness World Record Official Adjudicator Christina Conlon supervised the event, making sure that none of the volunteers were violating any of the rules. She made the official world-record announcement at 8:04PM that night.

   Those present were extremely grateful for the opportunity to give back to the community. Maurice Hayman, Marketing Manager of Youth Services, Inc., attested to the collective sentiment of the volunteers.

   “For these people in need to be able to have all of these young folks that are coming together to make sandwiches – it’s really going to touch their hearts,” he said.