Tag: college hunger
Students and Advocates Testify for Hunger Free Campus Legislation at College Hunger Day of Awareness
Students and advocates from the Hunger Free Campus Coalition made their voices heard at at the Joint Committee on Higher Education hearing on September 18 in support of “An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Hunger Free Campus Initiative” (S835 / H1293).
Many local schools are mitigating the problem of food insecurity on campus – but not all, and not enough. Campus hunger will only continue to grow. We need to act now.
Co-led by GBFB, the Hunger-Free Campus Coalition (HFCC) has worked together to draft legislation to address college student hunger & food insecurity on campuses.
Through September 2021, MathWorks will double gifts up to $1M to help us end student hunger as sponsor of our Growing Healthy Futures campaign.
On January 30, students and advocates rallied at the State House to raise awareness about college hunger.
Community Spotlight: Lawrence. In the past 12 months, GBFB has distributed 1.8 over 1.5 million meals in Lawrence.
Martha & Mikayla are among the 44% of community college students that reported some degree of food insecurity. Both rely on GBFB’s mobile markets.