Food Pantry aims to combat food insecurity
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- The Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the Hopkins Pantry, a new program offering food to university affiliates facing financial difficulty.
- The paper reported that the Pantry operates on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays, with volunteers keeping visitor information private.
- The article says Hopkins alum Nemo Keller started developing the project after receiving a grant to address food insecurity and reduce food waste.
- The reporter writes that a fall 2017 survey received 509 responses and found that 7.5 percent identified as food-insecure, while 60 percent knew another student who had gone hungry because of a lack of money.
- According to the article, eight students visited the Pantry during its first week, taking between three and 10 items each.
- The article quotes Zeng saying that the Freshman Council of the Student Government Association supported the initiative and that much of its groundwork was student-led.