Starving college students: Sacramento State latest public university to open campus food pantry

Starving college students: Sacramento State latest public university to open campus food pantry - The College Fix:
"Estimates put number of campus food pantries at 200 and growing
SACRAMENTO – Students living on ramen at California State University Sacramento have been thrown a lifeline – the student government recently opened a pantry on campus that offers food, beverages and toiletries to any student, no questions asked.
“We just want to make sure that every student who has a need has somewhere to go,” said Jake Eres, the pantry’s coordinator, adding it’s confidential to prevent any stigma students may face for seeking help.
The pantry was prompted by what’s called “food insecurity” by campus leaders.
A student, for whatever reason, does not have regular access to adequate or healthy meals.
It’s a situation that may affect up to 10 percent of students – on a campus the size of Sacramento State, that could be as many as 2,900 people facing hunger on a daily basis, campus leaders say.
...And Sacramento State is not alone. According to an April 2015 report in The Wall Street Journal, food pantries began to appear on college campuses after the 2007 recession hit, and today more than 200 U.S. colleges, mostly public institutions, have one..."