20-02-2025
EPCC, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger partner for ‘grocery giveaway'
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Community College (EPCC) and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger hosted a 'grocery giveaway' on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Transmountain Campus.
EPCC says several hundred people lined up to receive food like fruit, vegetables, chips, potatoes, canned goods, and liquids, all free and available to students, faculty, staff, and the community.
'The shipments have dozens of varieties, so we are distributing the food as best as possible,' Elizabeth Martinez, EPCC Accounting major and New Student Orientation volunteer, said. 'Inflation is tough, so it helps with food insecurities everywhere, and good to have a healthy meal as well.'
EPCC and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger have partnered in the past, the first being in July of last year at the Valle Verde Campus, then again in October at Mission del Paso, and lastly in December at the Rio Grande campus.
'According to the Trellis Strategies Student Financial Wellness Survey, 45 percent of EPCC students experienced food insecurity in Fall 2023,' EPCC said.
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