Cougar Safe Rides is back in operation and heading into its second weekend of the semester. Last weekend, volunteers safely transported about 20 people, said Joshua Wagner, operations and program specialist leader. Cougar Safe Rides is a program under the WSU Women s Center. In addition to a roster of 20-30 active volunteers, a group of.
Pullman is home to, arguably, some of the deepest roots of college community, flowing with wheat fields, Cougar Gold cheese, Ferdinand’s ice cream and Coug pride.
But among us, living on College Hill and in our dorms, are students who are experiencing the realities of food scarcity.
In 2018, Whitman County was found to be the most food-insecure county in Washington with 13.4 percent of its citizens experiencing hunger, including students, according to Feeding America’s research. Although a large jump has been made to close that gap between the food-insecure and food-secure, COVID-19 has not helped those who work high-risk jobs to pay their bills.
Students struggling with food insecurity will have in-person access to WSU’s Office for Access and Opportunity Food Pantry, and can also request go-bags for pickup or delivery over winter break.
The food pantry is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Lighty Student Services Building room 260,
said Anna Schilter, principal assistant for WSU’s Associate Vice President and Dean of Students.
Go-bags will be available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 21-23, said Lucila Loera, executive director for WSU’s Office for Access and Opportunity. Go-bags can be requested on the Office for Access and Opportunity’s website.