College students also going hungry

Another group of people going hungry during the pandemic are college students.

DURING THE PANDEMIC.SCRIPPS REPORTER AMANDABRANDIES SHOWS US WHY SOMECOLLEGE STUDENTS NOW CAN'TAFFORD TO EAT.ONCE A SAFE HAVEN, COLLEGECAMPUSES ARE NOW DESERTED.ELAINE LIPIZ GONZALEZ, DEAN OFSTUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ATFULLERTON COLLEGE 2:43 "WHENTHE CAMPUS CLOSED, TO KEEPEVERYONE SAFE AND HEALTHY, THEFOOD BANK WAS NO EXCEPTION, SOTHAT ALSO HAD TO CLOSE." THEFOOD BANK AT SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA'S FULLERTON COLLEGEWAS A WELCOMING SPACE FORSTUDENTS FACING HUNGER.10:19 "SOMETIMES IT MEANS THATAT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE MONTHFOOD IS NOT AS PLENTIFUL IN THEPANTRY OR THE FRIDGE.SOME STUDENTS FACE THAT ISSUEEVERY DAY OF THE MONTH."EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC,COLLEGE STUDENTS RELIED ONHELP TO FULFILL THIS BASICNEED.A NATIONWIDE STUDY OF NEARLY86,000 STUDENTS REVEALED 45%2:14 "I THINK THE ONLY THING APANDEMIC CAN DO IS ACCELERATEAND PUT UNDER A MICROSCOPE, ALLOF THESE ISSUES." NEARLY AMONTH-AND-A-HALF AFTER SHUTTINGDOWN ITS FOOD PANTRY, THECOMMUNITY COLLEGE LAUNCHED AWEEKLY DRIVE-THROUGH FOODDISTRIBUTION.12:25 "GRATITUDE IN EVERYSINGLE CAR." BEFORE COVID-19THE CAMPUS PANTRY SERVED ABOUT200 STUDENTS PER WEEK.WHEN THE WEEKLY DRIVE-THROUGHSLAUNCHED IN APRIL, THAT NUMBERJUMPED TO 420 STUDENTS - ANDNOW AVERAGES AT AROUND 320STUDENTS A WEEK.ELAINE SAYS "THIS" IS NOTUNIQUE.SHE KNOWS OF SIMILARSITUATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.9:01 "THEY'RE STRUGGLING,THEY'RE INCREDIBLY RESILIENTAND STRONG STUDENTS, BUTTHEY'RE JUGGLING THAT "ARE YOUIN COLLEGE?" STUDENTS CAN ALSOACCESS A FOOD PANTRY WHICHTYPICALLY SERVES THE HOMELESS,FIVE DAYS A WEEK - A SOLUTIONOTHER COLLEGES CAN ENCOURAGE.NAT OF GIVING OUT FOOD IT'SUNKNOWN HOW MANY COLLEGES HADTO SHUT DOWN THEIR CAMPUS FOODPANTRIES.STATE AND FEDERAL EMERGENCYGRANTS ARE HELPING SOMESTUDENTS WITH BASIC NEEDS, BUTADVOCATES SAY ITS BAND-AID FORTHE PERVASIVE INEQUITIES AMONGAMERICA'S COLLEGE STUDENTS.4:00 "FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSINGCHANCES OF SUCCEEDING IN THECLASSROOM COULD BE LOST TOO.IN FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, I'MAMANDA BRANDEIS REPORTING.BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES AREN'TQUITE THE SAME THIS YEAR...