| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 66.65 |
| Liaison | Austin Sutherland |
| Submission Date | Aug. 9, 2021 |
University of Pennsylvania
IN-14: Food Bank
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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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:
The First Generation, Low Income (FGLI) fund provides free food to low income students. The food pantry is stocked with canned soups, uncooked pasta and sauce, rice, cereals and oatmeal, granola bars, and more. Low-income students can pick up goods in the GIC’s kitchen on its first floor, which is also open for all students’ use.
The Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative sources sustainable, fresh produce from the Penn Park Farm that is sent to the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI), a program within the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. AUNI will then use this produce in their Good Food Bag program that provides affordable, chemical free, bags of produce to low income, first generation students at Penn through a partnership with the Greenfield Intercultural Center.
The Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative sources sustainable, fresh produce from the Penn Park Farm that is sent to the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (AUNI), a program within the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. AUNI will then use this produce in their Good Food Bag program that provides affordable, chemical free, bags of produce to low income, first generation students at Penn through a partnership with the Greenfield Intercultural Center.
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://home.vpul.upenn.edu/fgli_books/
The University of Pennsylvania is a major research institution, with over 3,000 degrees granted annually from twelve professional and academic schools at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate levels. Penn is committed to reducing emissions and energy use, as stated in the 2019 "Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0." This submission documents Penn's efforts during the FY20 year and compares them to the FY09 baseline year which corresponds with the University's "Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0." The submission relies on information related to the main, academic, West Philadelphia campus, but to more fully document efforts across the Penn system, information related to the Morris Arboretum and New Bolton Center has also been referenced and noted as outside the boundary in descriptions. The information is used to enrich examples of University efforts and is not intended to be the primary justification for credits. The responses for each of the questions and sub-questions are drawn from University materials, both internal and public documents. Each section notes the website where the information can be found.
The University of Pennsylvania is a major research institution, with over 3,000 degrees granted annually from twelve professional and academic schools at the Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate levels. Penn is committed to reducing emissions and energy use, as stated in the 2019 "Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0." This submission documents Penn's efforts during the FY20 year and compares them to the FY09 baseline year which corresponds with the University's "Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0." The submission relies on information related to the main, academic, West Philadelphia campus, but to more fully document efforts across the Penn system, information related to the Morris Arboretum and New Bolton Center has also been referenced and noted as outside the boundary in descriptions. The information is used to enrich examples of University efforts and is not intended to be the primary justification for credits. The responses for each of the questions and sub-questions are drawn from University materials, both internal and public documents. Each section notes the website where the information can be found.
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