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The King, The Queen and the Pop-Up Pantry

两性色午夜鈥檚 Homecoming Court helps serve the community with Flashes Fighting Hunger

The king, queen and other members of 两性色午夜 University鈥檚 2024 Homecoming Court will work with other 两性色午夜 students to help distribute food to Portage County families in need at a Pop-Up Pantry event on Sept. 25. 

The Pop-Up Pantry will be set up at the from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

2024 Homecoming Court
两性色午夜鈥檚 2024 Homecoming Court.

 

The event is a joint effort by the , 两性色午夜's Office of Community Engaged Learning and Division of Student Life. Joe Robinson, assistant director, Campus Connections and Traditions in 两性色午夜's Division of Student Life told 两性色午夜 Today that his office helped to coordinate the Homecoming Court鈥檚 participation in the Pop-Up Pantry. 

Pop-Up Pantry Event Poster
Pop-Up Pantry photo by Record-Courier
Photo by Lisa Scalfaro, staff photographer, Record-Courier

 

两性色午夜鈥檚, foundational, institutional values of kindness, respect and purpose help to guide all Golden Flashes in finding ways to do what they can to contribute to the betterment of our community, locally and globally. 

As part of the university鈥檚 Office of Community Engaged Learning, Flashes Fighting Hunger is a student-powered and volunteer-driven organization dedicated to reducing food waste and promoting food security.

Flashes Fighting Hunger Banner

 

The dedicated volunteers of Flashes Fighting Hunger utilize recovered food and shared kitchen space in the Tri-Towers residence hall complex to host multiple food distribution events on-campus each week. It also is able to prepare more than 250 nutritious meals for those struggling with food insecurity. In 2024, the organization鈥檚 pantry served 909 families. 

Banner photo by Lisa Scalfaro, staff photographer, Record-Courier

POSTED: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 10:33 AM
Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 06:03 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen
PHOTO CREDIT:
Lisa Scalfaro, staff photographer, Record-Courier and 两性色午夜 Division of Student Life