{"id":46818,"date":"2022-01-26T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=46818"},"modified":"2022-08-12T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:52:07","slug":"tarleton-purple-pantry-awarded-sodexo-stop-hunger-foundation-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-purple-pantry-awarded-sodexo-stop-hunger-foundation-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Purple Pantry Awarded Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation presented a check to Tarleton State University\u2019s Purple Pantry in a Wednesday ceremony. Pictured from left to right, Dr. Misty Smith, Assistant Professor of social work; Tanner Smith, representing Tarleton Dining Services, Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs; Emmy Clay, Purple Pantry graduate assistant, and Bobby Waddell, Development and Business Relations Officer at Tarleton.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s Purple Pantry received a grant from the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, presented Wednesday by Sodexo General Manager Tanner Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sodexo has supported the Purple Pantry since its founding in 2015, but this marks the first Stop Hunger Foundation award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton is one of 89 campuses across the country to receive Stop Hunger Foundation support this year. The funding emphasizes nutritional food options and complements shared information about healthy food on a budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSodexo is proud to continue to collaborate to reduce food insecurity in the Tarleton student community,\u201d said Sodexo General Manager Tanner Smith. Food insecurity is a corporate focus for Sodexo through its foundation as well as alliances, partnerships, food recovery efforts and community-specific programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such support couldn\u2019t come at a better time. In a 2020 survey of Texas students, The HOPE Center for College, Community and Justice found that 43 percent of the nearly 13,000 respondents experienced food insecurity in the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the ongoing impact of the pandemic, we have seen pantry use continually increase semester by semester,\u201d said Dr. Lori Helvie-Mason, Tarleton Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs. \u201cSodexo\u2019s Stop Hunger Foundation provides essential support for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Purple Pantry offers fresh, refrigerated, frozen and shelf-stable food options. Students may go online to request access on the Stephenville or Fort Worth locations, use their Texan ID to swipe in, and then choose the items they need. Pantry visitors receive follow-up outreach to explore related resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sodexo has been a Tarleton partner since 2009 when it became the on-campus dining provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn about Sodexo\u2019s fight against food insecurity at http:\/\/us.stop-hunger.org\/home.html<\/a>. Explore Tarleton\u2019s Purple Pantry at www.tarleton.edu\/purplepantry<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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