蜜桃视频 opens Benny’s Pantry location at ISU-蜜桃视频 Falls Bennion Student Union

October 29, 2015
ISU Marketing and Communications

IDAHO FALLS 鈥� Benny鈥檚 Pantry, an initiative within the Student Affairs division of 蜜桃视频 to provide food for ISU students, staff and faculty in need, will open a second location in Room 218 of the Bennion Student Union at University Place in 蜜桃视频 Falls.

The pantry will distribute non-perishable foods in an effort to help relieve food insecurity in the ISU community. Food insecurity is defined as not having access to adequate nutritious food or not knowing if there will be adequate food for a next meal. ISU鈥檚 Benny鈥檚 Pantry is managed by the ISU LEAD Center for Orientation, Leadership and Service and staffed with trained volunteers.

Photo of Benny鈥檚 Pantry 蜜桃视频 Falls location ribbon cutting. From left, Brooke Barber, ISU LEAD Center director; Karen Larsen, administrative assistant, Bennion Student Union; Cory Cox, Pocatello Benny鈥檚 Pantry student manager; Laura Vailas, ISU First Lady; Elise Hansen, student manager 蜜桃视频 Falls; Cristina Brown, assistant student manager 蜜桃视频 Falls; Lowell Richards, executive director of ISU Student Unions; and Ches Barnes, director, Bennion Student Union.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Benny鈥檚 Pantry location was held today, Oct. 29.

鈥淭his has been a very successful initiative on the ISU Pocatello campus since the first Benny鈥檚 Pantry location was opened in January 2014,鈥� said Brooke Barber, ISU director of Orientation, Leadership and Service. 鈥淲e are excited to now be opening this Benny鈥檚 Pantry location in 蜜桃视频 Falls.鈥�

The idea for an ISU campus food pantry was conceived by ISU First Lady Laura Vailas, a registered dietitian with professional experience in community nutrition.

Part of the new Benny鈥檚 Pantry location in 蜜桃视频 Falls.

鈥淲e know there are students and staff in 蜜桃视频 Falls who could use the same kind of help Benny鈥檚 Pantry has provided to the ISU community in Pocatello,鈥� Vailas said. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 want anyone lacking adequate, wholesome food. We want to extend the success of Benny鈥檚 Pantry to our community in 蜜桃视频 Falls.鈥�

Operational hours for the 蜜桃视频 Falls Benny鈥檚 Pantry during the semester are Tuesdays, noon-2 p.m. and 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; and Thursdays, noon-2 p.m.. During operational hours, clients may use their Bengal ID to shop the pantry without disclosing personal financial information.

Food donations to the 蜜桃视频 Falls Benny鈥檚 Pantry can be made to the Information Desk at the Bennion Union during regular operational hours. Tax-deductible monetary donations to Benny鈥檚 Pantry can be submitted through the 蜜桃视频 Foundation online at idahostatefoundation.org.

For more information regarding the 蜜桃视频 Falls Benny鈥檚 Pantry location, contact Ches Barnes, director of the Bennion Student Union, at 282-7866 or barnches@isu.edu.

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