{"id":30463,"date":"2016-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-shares-food-pantry-startup-tips-with-prairie-view-am\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T08:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:54:05","slug":"tarleton-shares-food-pantry-startup-tips-with-prairie-view-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-shares-food-pantry-startup-tips-with-prairie-view-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton shares food pantry startup tips with Prairie View A&M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A model for other universities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 11, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Just barely a year old, Tarleton\u2019s successful on-campus food pantry is fast becoming a model for other Texas universities. There\u2019s good reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A collaboration of Tarleton\u2019s Student Life and Academic Affairs divisions, the pantry served almost 160 clients during the 2015-16 academic year, helping students stay enrolled and enjoy academic success without worrying about their next meal or whether to pay for one necessity or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, other universities\u2014like Prairie View A&M\u2014want to know how to set up and maintain their own pantries for students facing food insecurity. Prairie View officials toured the Tarleton facility this summer, going home with a good idea of how to create their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThanks to the hard work of volunteers\u2014faculty, staff, students and several off-campus groups\u2014and the support of Tarleton leaders, students can receive enough food for two to three days without answering prying questions or completing daunting forms,\u201d said Caleb Chapman, pantry co-chair and director of student publications. \u201cA student ID number is all that\u2019s required. It\u2019s a program worth modeling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the pantry opened, faculty and staff kept healthy snacks in their offices to make sure students were fed, not hungry, and ready to perform their best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in the Barry B. Thompson Student Center, the pantry relies on donations of dorm-friendly food and money. Students can \u201cshop\u201d for 15 items (three proteins, three sides, three fruits and\/or vegetables, three breakfast items and three snacks). They also receive a list of Stephenville churches and organizations serving free, hot meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on local and state requirements to store perishable commodities, the pantry would like\u2014at some future date\u2014to make milk, cheese and meat available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile Stephenville is blessed with several community resources, not all students have transportation to take advantage of them,\u201d said Chapman. \u201cMany are between paychecks, waiting for money from home or looking for a job. Others need food to supplement their university meal plan. Regardless of the reason, the food pantry ensures Tarleton students have plenty to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer hours for the Tarleton Food Pantry are 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays. Beginning Aug. 29, the pantry will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the pantry, visit http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/foodpantry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact: Caleb Chapman \u2013 Co-Director, Tarleton Food Pantry
254-968-9062
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