"At Michigan State University, there has been a 25% increase since 2008 in the number of students who visit its student-run food bank. Grand Valley State University opened a food pantry in April to help students as they struggle with higher tuition costs and families beset by layoffs and unemployment," per the Detroit Free Press.
For more information on how some colleges are helping students by opening food banks, see:
www.freep.com/article/20100206/NEWS06/2060324/1318/College-students-turning-to-schools-food-banks
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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