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7. That's what I used to do in college!

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 10:44 PM

Oct 2017

Yes, show her how to look for the meetings that serve food. I used to check the student newspaper, and those notices on bulletin boards and telephone poles. Also, several churches had student centers on my campus. They served a practically free Sunday night supper, and they were always very kind. If they are still there, she could go to them. Probably they could help her get food.

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Saddened and Humbled by a Student [View all] ProudLib72 Oct 2017 OP

You might look for a church pantry or food bank to get her to. Ilsa Oct 2017 #1

I don't know the full story ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #3

Well stated......... MyOwnPeace Oct 2017 #6

Does she cook? Cheaper than buying ready-made food. Pasta w/veggies, etc. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #14

She usually brings a TON of homemade food ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #21

Mangos - one of my favorite fruits. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #24

I like to slip gift cards to grocery stores to my students in-need. Tatiana Oct 2017 #2

Bless you........... MyOwnPeace Oct 2017 #8

Good Idea gift card to a grocery store burrowowl Oct 2017 #13

Excellent idea! Duppers Oct 2017 #19

Practically everyday, at Rutgers, there are meetings and conferences with a boatload of excess food. TheBlackAdder Oct 2017 #4

That's what I used to do in college! raging moderate Oct 2017 #7

I had a friend in grad school who survived that way ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #10

I can't believe no one would share or offer food! BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #5

I don't think it was the others being mean ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #11

That IS good to know! THANKS. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #12

Did she regularly share with them? nm MichMan Oct 2017 #31

Most of what she brings is spoon and fork food ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #33

I remember my mum telling me how I always lost clothes when I was a kid Skittles Oct 2017 #9

Her classmates do not have food either, 60% of college kids are food insecure Not Ruth Oct 2017 #30

Thank you for caring about this young woman. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #15

Post removed Post removed Oct 2017 #16

Is English your second language? nt fleabiscuit Oct 2017 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2017 #18

Maybe don't call her "Picnic," in the meantime. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #20

I'm calling her by her nickname for the purposes of this thread ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #22

Got it. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #23

Our Mary Antonette Wannabe in the White House can't understand how this is possible Snake Plissken Oct 2017 #25

That was my point in writing this ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #26

I know; Any sense of decency and humanity has been flipped upside down Snake Plissken Oct 2017 #27

Most college students in the US are food insecure, the colleges need to address this issue Not Ruth Oct 2017 #28

I always carry cash, and things like this are part of the reason. LisaM Oct 2017 #29

I'm curious as to what changed in her situation. B2G Oct 2017 #32

It was weird ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #34

You aren't just 'given' a credit card. B2G Oct 2017 #35

Yes, but if she worked for WF they would know her monthly income ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #36

Debit card. B2G Oct 2017 #37

Thanks for reminding me ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #38