Several ANC students received a blessing this past holiday season as American Greetings Corporation in Osceola donated approximately 40 turkeys to ANC for its food insecurities initiative. Through the College’s Community Relations Department, who partners with several local agencies, hungry students at ANC have the opportunity to receive food and snacks. ANC was recently awarded an ECMC Grant to assist ANC's food insecurity students. The grant helped to create the ANC Food Pantry, which has a mission to end food insecurity in the lives of ANC students by providing them with access to food so they may focus on their academic endeavors.
The Community Relations department works with Snap/E&T students to provide this service. The ANC Food pantry accepts donations from internal & external community partners. Additionally, ANC’s Success Navigator, Mr. Willie Williams, along with volunteer mentors from the community, provide workshops to help students learn changes they can make in their daily lives to eliminate this ongoing issue such as buying and preparing food on a modest budget.
This gift by American Greetings will help several students and their families have a nice meal for the holidays. “I was delighted when American Greetings Plant Manager (Osceola facility) Mr. Shannon Sullivan contacted me about donating the turkeys because I know how much this means to the students receiving them. We greatly appreciate the support of our community partners and companies like American Greetings who care about the wellbeing of our students and the people of our community,” added ANC President Dr. James Shemwell.
For more information about the ANC Food Insecurities Initiative or to donate, please call (870) 762- 1020 ext. 1458 or 1244. Donations made through the ANC Foundation are tax-deductible.
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