{"id":40817,"date":"2025-11-21T17:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/40817\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:19:43","slug":"bring-a-hunger-free-campus-to-life-this-givingtuesday-at-penn-state-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/40817\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring a hunger-free campus to life this GivingTuesday at Penn State Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUNMORE, Pa. \u2014 Imagine being a college student, working hard to earn a degree and facing a choice no one should have to\u00a0make: Buy textbooks or buy groceries. For many students at Penn State Scranton, that is the reality. This\u00a0GivingTuesday, the campus is asking its community to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/PennState\/givingtuesday-2025\/pages\/penn-state-scranton\/support-penn-state-scranton-s-food-pantry?campaign_view=true\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">come together and donate<\/a> to help ensure no student goes hungry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The urgent need\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013, the\u00a0campus food pantry\u00a0has been a lifeline for students in need, stocked with essentials like rice, pasta, canned soups, tuna, peanut butter, and sometimes fresh fruit and bread. It\u00a0operates\u00a0on a\u00a0no-question-asked basis to help students overcome stigma and focus on their education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But this year, shelves are\u00a0nearly bare.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the pantry distributed\u00a0approximately\u00a0100 totes of food thanks to biweekly deliveries from partners.\u00a0However, those\u00a0deliveries have stopped due to funding shortages,\u00a0which have left\u00a0students vulnerable at a time when food insecurity affects\u00a0nearly one\u00a0in four college students nationwide.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your gift, doubled<\/p>\n<p>To make every dollar count, Penn State Scranton Alumni Society President Sean Wolfe will match gifts dollar for dollar up to $500. That means your generosity will go twice as far in helping students thrive and support our vision of a hunger-free campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s\u00a0what your gift can do:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>$10:\u00a0Supplies a variety of canned goods, such as soups or tuna, to feed a student for several meals\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About\u00a0GivingTuesday\u00a0at Penn State\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/development-and-alumni-relations\/story\/penn-state-celebrate-11th-givingtuesday\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GivingTuesday<\/a>\u00a0at Penn State is an annual celebration where alumni, friends, fans, faculty,\u00a0staff\u00a0and students unite to support programs and people across the University. Any gift, no matter the size, makes a difference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The day of giving will honor Penn State\u2019s founding year with an early kickoff on Dec. 1 at\u00a018:55 (6:55 p.m. ET)\u00a0and conclude at midnight on Dec. 2. Gifts can be made easily and securely online, and the site accepts all major credit cards. Those who prefer to give by phone can call 1-888-800-9163 on GivingTuesday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/PennState\/givingtuesday-2025\/pages\/penn-state-scranton\/support-penn-state-scranton-s-food-pantry?campaign_view=true\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Donate today<\/a>\u00a0to restock the campus\u2019 food pantry and bring our vision of hunger-free campus to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUNMORE, Pa. \u2014 Imagine being a college student, working hard to earn a degree and facing a choice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-40817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}