January 25, 2021
Sheldon, Iowa More and more people have been depending upon food banks due to food insecurity in recent months and college students are not immune. Now Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon has established a food bank to help their students who are experiencing food insecurity.
NCC’s Thunder Cupboard has been established to help combat that problem. NCC’s Kristi Landis tells us more.
(As above) “Well, basically, the Thunder Cupboard is an initiative that was brought together by a number of employees here at the college, who wanted to make sure that our students are well taken care of. Basically, there are statistics nationwide that show 30% of college students are food insecure and about 1 in 5 college students are actually considered hungry. We want to make sure that there is nothing that would impair a student at Northwest Iowa Community College from being successful at their studies.”