| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.15 |
| Liaison | Laura Young |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2022 |
Michigan State University
IN-14: Food Bank
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.50 / 0.50 |
Laura
Young Sustainability Program Coordinator Administration-EVP-Office of Sustainability |
Does the institution host a food bank, pantry, or equivalent resource focused on alleviating food insecurity, hunger and poverty among students?:
A brief description of the food bank, pantry, or equivalent resource:
Founded in 1993, the MSU Student Food Bank was the first in the nation to be run by students, for students. The MSU Student Food Bank was founded to help students who are dealing with food insecurity. Food insecurity refers to having limited food availability with a reduction in the quality or variety of food intake, that often results in disrupted eating patterns. A lack of food security can be a considerable obstacle to academic success. The MSU Student Food Bank is also a founding member of the College and University Food Bank Alliance (CUFBA). CUFBA was developed to assist existing and emerging college-based food banks and pantries with information, resources, and a place to network with others aimed at alleviating food insecurity and hunger on college and university campuses. The MSU Student Food Bank provides services year-round to MSU students. The Food Bank's relationship with the Greater Lansing Food Bank allows it to purchase food at a lower cost, allowing donations to go much further. In the course of one year, the MSU Student Food Bank serves over 6,000 students, many with families, and distributes over 110,000 pounds of food.
MSU routinely hosts food drives to support the Student Food Bank as well as other local charitable organizations. For example, the spring 2019 ""Help tackle Hunger"" food drive by Residential and Hospitality Services and MSU Athletics realized record results this year with 1,452 lbs of food and $3,681 in monetary donations for the MSU Food Bank. The 2019 food drive marked the first time in 5 years that the combined efforts of community members have resulted on the collection of more than 1,000 of food. The food drive culminated at the Green & White game after a month long collection of monetary and food donations at select retail locations. This year, in partnership with Michigan State Athletics, Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan also supported the efforts with food collections at the entrances of Spartan Stadium during the game. Since 2010, the Help Tackle Hunger food drive has collected over 17,000 lbs of food and $21,000 for the MSU Student Food Bank. https://rhs.msu.edu/page/help-tackle-hunger-food-drive-yields-record-results-msu-student-food-bank
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