, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ staff member/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/nIn addition to conducting its own donation efforts, the Rosen Pantry will share resources with the main campus/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u2019s Knights Helping Knights Pantry, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. Located in Ferrell Commons, the pantry was established by a group of LEAD Scholars as a class project during the Great Recession. A member of the College and University Food Bank Alliance, the pantry started with a simple mission: Make sure students never have to choose between paying for food or paying for an education./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/n
In 2019 alone, the main campus/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u2019s pantry saw more than 42,000 visits by Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ students and more than 70,000 lbs of food were distributed. Since 2013 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u2014 the pantry/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u2019s earliest recorded data /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u2014 there have been nearly 145,000 visits by students. Last year, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ student workers logged more than 5,000 volunteer hours./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/n
The Knights Helping Knights Pantry receives contributions from a wide range of university partners, including fresh produce from the Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Arboretum and Volunteer Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½, which funnels student staffers into the pantry. Additionally, the pantry has established donation partnerships with local entities, including Mercy Ministries, Publix Super Market at Town Park, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Walmart./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u201cFor more than a decade, the Knights Helping Knights Pantry has worked to provide much needed sustenance and household necessities for students who happen to have fallen onto hard times. The growth of the pantry has been a university-wide effort that speaks to the best of what Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ represents,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u201d says Jeannie Kiriwas /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u201905 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u201907MA, an associate director at the Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Student Union, who has overseen operations for Knights Helping Knights since 2015. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u201cWe look forward to a strong partnership with the Rosen pantry, sharing our ideas and resources for the benefit of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u2019s student body./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Housed within the foyer of the Darden Auditorium, the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/u2019s latest food pantry realizes a personal mission by Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ staff members to meet the needs of hospitality students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":106459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,27],"tags":[6313,15761,4068],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-106461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","category-student-life","tag-knights-pantry","tag-pegasus-briefs","tag-rosen-college-of-hospitality-management"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/106461/n
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