USM Pantries Holding Canned Food Donations Drive Through Nov. 22
Tue, 10/25/2022 - 08:06am | By: David Tisdale
Food pantries operating at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Hattiesburg Campus and at the USM Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach are seeking donations from community members and organizations during their “Food Fight Against Hunger” canned food drive, scheduled now through Nov. 22, to support their work serving those in need, especially as the holiday season approaches. The drive is sponsored by USM’s chapter of the Association of Office Professionals (AOP) and Sigma Alpha Lambda.
The pantries, which serve USM students, faculty, and staff, include the Eagle’s Nest and Wesley Foundation pantries on the Hattiesburg campus and the USM Gulf Park Pantry.
Donation drop-off locations include the following:
*Hattiesburg Campus: Asbury Hall (lobby); Cook Library (lobby); Liberal Arts Building (lobby); Payne Center (lobby); Scianna Hall (lobby); R.C. Cook University Union (lobby).
*USM Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach: Gulf Park Library; Hardy Hall (lobby); North Academic Building.
*Donations to the USM Gulf Park Pantry also help support a new food pantry at the USM Gulf Coast Research Laboratory’s Gunter Library: the GCRL-Gunter Library Eaglet Food Pantry, which works in partnership with the Marine and Estuarine Graduate Student Association (MEGSA).
For more information about this initiative, contact Jennifer Lewis at jennifer.lewisFREEMississippi; for information about donations at the Hattiesburg campus, email eaglesnestFREEMississippi or usmwesley@gmail.com; for donations at Gulf Park, email Jessica Langston at jessica.langstonFREEMississippi; for donations at GCRL, contact Joyce Shaw at joyce.shawFREEMississippi.