NC Campuses Against Hunger 

Total Enrollment:  26,000

 

Signature Programs to Combat Hunger:

Stop Hunger Now annual packaging event and ongoing fundraising;

Student Food Pantry- opening August 2014

MLK Day of Service partners with Metrolina Food Bank

          Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week observed every October with many events

          Community Garden

          On-campus Habitat Build

          Food Reclamation Program

Students use dedicated van to take unused food from campus dining facilities to local shelters and soup kitchen

Many smaller programs that are embedded in learning communities and service learning projects

 

 

Key Community Partners:

Food Lion

Metrolina Food Bank

Urban Ministry Center

Habitat for Humanity

Campus Compact

 

Mecklenburg County Statistics:

• The number of Mecklenburg County residents living in poverty increased 5.28 percentage points from 2000 to 2010. The increase - from 9.2 percent to 14.48 percent - ranked 36th in the state.

• In Mecklenburg, 1 in 4 residents lived in distressed neighborhoods in 2010, up from 1 in 10 in 2000, the Observer found. These neighborhoods have at least 20 percent of residents living below the federally established poverty level – for a family of four, a yearly household income of $23,850 or less.

•  Nearly 232,000 residents, 25 percent of the county’s population, receive some sort of government assistance.