GBCC 和收集’s partnership recognizes and fills a need to reduce hunger among students
朴茨茅斯 – A free lunch for students and a ribbon cutting ceremony at 冰球突破豪华版试玩 (GBCC) marked the grand opening of the 收集 Café at Great Bay, 一个新的校园厨房和咖啡厅. 这家咖啡馆是与收集合作开设的, 朴茨茅斯的食品储藏室, to provide donated meals to food insecure students along with 负担得起的, 方便, 校园里的健康食品选择. 今天’s event celebrated the continuation of a longstanding partnership and will positively impact students’ ability to achieve academic success and ultimately graduate.
“The continuation and expansion of 收集 and Great Bay’s partnership will have a positive impact as we collaboratively fight food insecurity in our community and among our students,”医生说。. Cheryl Lesser, president of 冰球突破豪华版试玩. “The 收集 Café at Great Bay is another highly accessible on-campus option for providing food assistance to our students.”
Recently named an official New Hampshire Food Bank Agency, GBCC, 和收集, the Seacoast area’s largest hunger relief organization, have been working together for three years to combat food insecurity. In 2019, together the two organizations opened the Campus Cupboard, 即食食品储藏室提供健康食品, sustainable snacks and personal hygiene products to “feed student success” while on campus. In January 2021 when classes were online and the campus was closed due to the pandemic, the two organizations distributed thousands of pounds of supplemental groceries such as milk, 面包, 鸡蛋, dry goods and fresh produce to students through a weekly curbside food pickup service.
通过合作关系, 收集, which distributes two million pounds of food each year, 使用GBCC的1,000 square foot commercial-grade kitchen to support its Cooking4Community program. This food repurposing project prepares 600 meals per week for the Seacoast community, and 60 meals will go directly to GBCC students.
“收集 is thrilled for the opportunity to build on its long-term relationship with GBCC and further collaborate to reduce food insecurity,塔尼娅·马里诺说, director of the 收集 Café and Cooking4Community program. “The 收集 Café at Great Bay is positioned to become a meeting spot for all those seeking community, 哪里好吃, 负担得起的, 所有人都能吃到营养丰富的食物.”
根据许多国家的研究, more than 50 percent of community college students suffer from food insecurity. This drastically inhibits learning and creates significant persistence challenges for many students who lack access to regular meals. Research shows the importance of consuming quality food in supporting increased academic focus, 坚持与成功.
“Great Bay 和收集 have been helping students for over three years and opening the Café at Great Bay will provide another helpful option for students who need a little help,多里安娜说, GBCC生物系学生. “I have benefitted from the partnership which has helped me focus more on my studies and worry less about providing food for my family. As a result, I am succeeding in my classes and have secured a full-time job in my area of study.”
所有这些努力, including the expanded partnership with 收集, support GBCC’s mission to address food insecurity among students and will ensure these needs are met for years to come.
冰球突破豪华版试玩 is a comprehensive postsecondary institution offering quality academic, professional and technical education in support of workforce development and lifelong learning. 冰球突破豪华版试玩 is part of the Community College System of New Hampshire, a public system of higher education consisting of seven colleges in Berlin, 克莱蒙特, 拉科尼亚, 康科德, 曼彻斯特, 纳舒厄, 和朴茨茅斯. The colleges offer Associate degrees and career training in technical, 专业和一般领域, including transfer pathways to baccalaureate degrees. For more information on 冰球突破豪华版试玩, visit GreatBay.edu.
For 200 years, 收集 has been serving Seacoast residents facing hunger. The agency was founded in 1816 by a small group of women committed to feeding the families of fishermen. 今天, 收集 is committed to ending local hunger by providing nutritious food through innovative distribution programs, nutrition education and recipes for healthy living and collaborating with community partners to address the root causes of hunger throughout the Seacoast in N.H. 和缅因州. 收集’s focus on streamlined internal systems, processes and controls ensures that every dollar donated has a big impact on hunger. 90¢ of every dollar donated to 收集 goes directly toward local hunger relief. 欲了解更多信息，请访问 收集NH.org.
