Basic Needs Benefit Dinner supports Campus Pantry
(From left) The Pacific + Malibu apartment community’s Renita Ridley, Community Relations’ Nick Hilton and Nicole Roldan, and The Pacific + Malibu’s Madison Ruyter.
The Community Relations team united internal and external partners to support the Campus Pantry through the Basic Needs Benefit Dinner on Feb 22. Partners from the off-campus housing community as well as the U of A Research, Innovation & Impact team came together and learned how U of A students are addressing food insecurity and providing clothing to those in need.
Program managers from the Campus Pantry and Campus Closet provided tours and information to attendees about the impact they can have by supporting these initiatives.
To learn more about supporting the Campus Pantry, consider joining the annual UA 4 Food drive, which runs through March 24. Find a list of donation box locations on the Community & Government Relations website or contact Nick Hilton at hilton@arizona.edu to have a donation box delivered to your office (or to learn more).
Student Greenhouse Assistant Georgia Kennedy (left) and Assistant Professor Triston Hooks showcase a basket of Rooftop Greenhouse-grown vegetables. The produce is grown on the roof of the Student Union and given to the Campus Pantry to address food insecurity.