Trinity College has opened a food pantry\u2014Food N Stuff\u2014on the lower level of Mather Hall, offering free, unopened, nonperishable food items as well as hygiene products to ensure students have access to these goods throughout the academic year.<\/p>\n
The pantry\u2014opened in 2023 just before Thanksgiving\u2014is a joint effort of Trinity\u2019s Offices of Sustainability, Community Service and Civic Engagement, and International Students and Scholars; the Women and Gender Resource Action Center (WGRAC); P.R.I.D.E.; and the Bantam Network.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve heard many students struggle, especially over academic breaks, to feed themselves,\u201d said\u00a0Hayley Berliner, sustainability coordinator.<\/p>\n
Food N Stuff is part of an increasing number of food pantries on college campuses nationwide. Throughout the last decade, the number has swelled from 80 to around 800, according to an\u00a0August article\u00a0in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n The extent of food insecurity among college students across the country has become evident in\u00a0recent years. More than one in five undergraduates in the United States experience food insecurity, according to data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. Food insecurity is defined as the limited or uncertain availability of adequate food or the ability to obtain that food in a socially acceptable way.<\/p>\n \u201cAs an international student, breaks have been extra hard because of food insecurity,\u201d said Diarra Sadji \u201925. \u201cI am hoping that Food N Stuff will help all international students, as well as domestic students who will be on campus during breaks.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to the campus food pantry, Trinity participates in an array of initiatives that address hunger in the city, according to Joe Barber, director of community service and civic engagement. These include:<\/p>\n Anyone willing to donate food and hygiene products may drop off those items at the Office of Community Service (located in the lower level of Mather Hall next to the College Bookstore) or at the Cornelia Center on Vernon Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trinity College has opened a food pantry\u2014Food N Stuff\u2014on the lower level of Mather Hall, offering free, unopened, nonperishable food items as well as hygiene products to ensure students have access to these goods throughout the academic year. The pantry\u2014opened in 2023 just before Thanksgiving\u2014is a joint effort of Trinity\u2019s Offices of Sustainability, Community Service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"parent":1693,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n