Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 77.06
Liaison Laura Bain
Submission Date June 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

Furman University
IN-14: Food Bank

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50
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Does the institution host a food bank, pantry, or equivalent resource focused on alleviating food insecurity, hunger and poverty among students?:
Yes

A brief description of the food bank, pantry, or equivalent resource:
Furman operates a text-based program that alerts students when there is leftover food from campus catered events. Event organizers and students opt-in to the program and it is open to both students and employees.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the food bank is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The event pictured happened in 2019 and was a great success. The pandemic has limited catered events and social gatherings in 2020, but we intend to reinstate the program as soon as safety allows.

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