Samantha Gerlach, UT:10 News Reporter
February 26, 2019
TOLEDO, Ohio - Twenty-eight percent of the 276, 491 people living in Toledo, OH are impoverished.
One in four people live with a food insecurity said Dan Rogers, CEO of Cherry Street Mission Ministries.
College students are no strangers to the statistic.
There are 33 to 50 percent of them living with food insecurities said Dan Boyle, Coordinator of UT Student Advocacy and Support.
People living with food insecurities might know what they’re eating for breakfast, but not necessarily for lunch, Boyle said.
UT has many resources for students experiencing tough financial times.
The Office of Student Advocacy and Support opened a food pantry for students and staff in February 2016.
Students register with their rocket cards and can then visit the pantry one to two times a week and take food for a whole week at no cost to them. They can even stop in for a quick snack, which won’t count as one of their two visits.
Rieko Schaib, second year bioengineering major, said her meal plan allows her 200 meals per semester, so she uses the food pantry to save them.
When the pantry opened, Huntington National Bank, a partner of UT, granted $10,000 to the pantry to purchase food.
The pantry also has a partnership with the Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, where food can be purchased in bulk at discounted prices, Boyle said.
“Our hope is that alleviates some of the stress and some of the, the, um, malnourishment our students might experience, so they can focus on their academics, because that’s really why they’re here,” Boyle said.
The food pantry accepts all donations of nonperishable foods, which can be dropped off during the pantry’s business hours, Monday through Friday, eight a.m. to five p.m. Boxes are also located around main campus for convenient drop-offs.
February 26, 2019
TOLEDO, Ohio - Twenty-eight percent of the 276, 491 people living in Toledo, OH are impoverished.
One in four people live with a food insecurity said Dan Rogers, CEO of Cherry Street Mission Ministries.
College students are no strangers to the statistic.
There are 33 to 50 percent of them living with food insecurities said Dan Boyle, Coordinator of UT Student Advocacy and Support.
People living with food insecurities might know what they’re eating for breakfast, but not necessarily for lunch, Boyle said.
UT has many resources for students experiencing tough financial times.
The Office of Student Advocacy and Support opened a food pantry for students and staff in February 2016.
Students register with their rocket cards and can then visit the pantry one to two times a week and take food for a whole week at no cost to them. They can even stop in for a quick snack, which won’t count as one of their two visits.
Rieko Schaib, second year bioengineering major, said her meal plan allows her 200 meals per semester, so she uses the food pantry to save them.
When the pantry opened, Huntington National Bank, a partner of UT, granted $10,000 to the pantry to purchase food.
The pantry also has a partnership with the Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, where food can be purchased in bulk at discounted prices, Boyle said.
“Our hope is that alleviates some of the stress and some of the, the, um, malnourishment our students might experience, so they can focus on their academics, because that’s really why they’re here,” Boyle said.
The food pantry accepts all donations of nonperishable foods, which can be dropped off during the pantry’s business hours, Monday through Friday, eight a.m. to five p.m. Boxes are also located around main campus for convenient drop-offs.
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