Pima can’t live on bread alone: ‘Awesome’ food pantry helps students
Photos and story by JOSH BAILEYPima Post
In 2019, Social Services Student Organization head Rachel Lord originally put forward the idea of a food pantry for Pima Community College.
After a year of waiting for the approval by Pima staff, the SSSO Club was able to stockpile a wealth of nonperishable supplies for distribution by the start of the first semester of the school year.
Volunteers such as Susan Ho and Cameron Meyer soon signed on and have been tending the food pantry for students in need since then.
“We order things on an as-needed basis and pick them up from the Community Food Bank downtown, that’s how we’re operating right now. After the grant runs out, I’m not sure what we’ll do. That’s just a conversation we’ll have in the foreseeable future.” Ho expl...