Nearly 20 half-gallons of milk were discarded when a compressor failed in a refrigerator used by the Pioneer Pantry sometime during a three-day Labor Day weekend in September, Jack said. “And there are always things that we do need.” “We are always looking to grow,” said Karen Jack, BC3’s project director of a KEYS program whose low-income students such as Heckert receive SNAP benefits. Grants would help institutions of higher education enhance food pantries, increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program outreach, improve data gathering and participate in other initiatives that help to meet the nutritional needs of students, according to Wolf’s office. The 2022-2023 state budget allocated $1 million to begin a grant program to support the Hunger-Free Campus initiative that combats food insecurity at postsecondary institutions. Pennsylvania community colleges collectively serve more low-income students than any other sector of higher education, according to the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges in March.
The inaugural Hunger-Free Campus designation recognized 28 institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania that have taken measures to address student hunger and qualifies those institutions to seek related grants, according to Gov. Patronage in three years has increased 89 percent in the Pioneer Pantry, created by BC3 following a student survey and a measure the college has taken to address food insecurity as recognized in its designation as a Hunger-Free Campus by the state Department of Education. “Not only are they educating us,” the 51-year-old Butler resident said about students attending the community college, “but they are making sure we are getting the right nutrients.” Keep it in your house and friends or family, don’t need to bring it out into the community,” said Mitchell.(Butler, PA) The frozen chicken wings, fresh sweet potato, boxed pasta and bottled juice Kelly Heckert wheels with other foods in a red wagon from Butler County Community College’s Pioneer Pantry will provide supplemental nutrition for the adult literacy student and her 5-year-old granddaughter. Several people in the community want him to stop. Placek said he has four other billboards in Worthington with the same messages on them and plans to put up another one in the area.
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“What I’m doing and I like free dialogue anybody can see me and come see me and give me their views and I would respect their views and all I want is for them to respect my views,” said John Placek, the billboard’s owner. He says he put it up to display his views and doesn’t think he is doing anything wrong. Only channel 11 spoke with the billboard’s owner to question him about the community’s concerns. “So for them to see some of the stuff that’s on there is just disappointing,” said Priest. She’s upset because they drive past this billboard everyday. Heidi Priest lives down the road and her kids go to elementary school just a few minutes away. “I think everyone has the right to free speech but when its hate speech, it’s hard for me to understand that someone would have so much hate in their heart to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to display that on a highway,” said Heidi Priest. One of the messages says “the FBI corrupt and dangerous, the gestapo” with a swastika.Īnother message says, “Stop teaching critical racist theory to our kids”, referring to critical race theory. “I think it’s terrible and I think it’s disrespectful and I think it should be taken down,” said Laura Mitchell. Some community members say they were shocked and disturbed when they saw the messages displayed. It’s only been up for about a week at this busy intersection in Summit Township near Bonniebrook Road and it’s already causing controversy. If you’re driving along Route 422 in Butler County, you may come across this new billboard that’s raising a lot of eyebrows. They say its offensive and hateful and they want it taken down. A lot of people in Butler County are upset about a new billboard in the area.
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