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<\/p>\nThe Purple Panty is located in the Campus Administration Building stocked with frozen, refrigerated, and shelf-stable foods and supplies. <\/p>\n
FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University’s Fort Worth campus has received certification helping reduce food insecurity, according to a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Purple Pantry located on the Fort Worth campus was given the Ready to Nourish certification by the Tarrant Area Food Bank. The initiative was designed by TAFB to help reduce nutrition insecurity through education, community partnerships, and access to healthy foods in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are honored to receive the Ready to Nourish\u2122 designation,\u201d said Dr. Diana Ortega, Vice President for Student Engagement and Success. \u201cThis recognition reflects Tarleton State University\u2019s commitment to student well-being and success by ensuring students have access to the resources they need to thrive. The Purple Pantry plays a vital role in supporting students and helping them achieve their educational goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The partnership is said to strengthen the networks focus on providing access to lifelong healthy habits and foods in order to help students thrive academically. The Purple Panty is located in the Campus Administration Building stocked with frozen, refrigerated, and shelf-stable foods and supplies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStudent success begins with meeting the basic needs of our students,\u201d said Isabel Talamantes, Student Resources and Basic Needs Manager for the Division of Student Engagement and Success at Tarleton State. \u201cAs the first university in Texas to earn this certification, Tarleton State continues to lead with purpose, ensuring our Texans are supported, nourished and empowered to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Purple Panty is located in the Campus Administration Building stocked with frozen, refrigerated, and shelf-stable foods and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-385330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}