Aiken Tech Marks One Year of Student Food Pantry

Aiken Technical College is marking its first anniversary of a food pantry designed to support students' basic needs so that they can be successful in their studies.

The college celebrated the first anniversary of the Knights Corner Food Pantry with an open house. This pantry was created through a partnership with Golden Harvest, which played a role in bringing the idea to reality.

“We're really honored to work with Aiken Tech on this initiative, along with the Community Foundation. Just the ability to provide food to college students, many of them are working to make ends meet, and it's just a way we can collaborate to make sure students aren't going hungry on college campuses,” said Amy Breitman, president and CEO of Golden Harvest, in a statement shared with WRDW and WAGT.

A $13,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the CSRA helped convert unused cafeteria space on the campus into the pantry. Since its opening, the pantry has served more than 200 students and their families, combating the challenge of food insecurity within the college community.

Golden Harvest hopes that this example at Aiken Tech will inspire the creation of more college food pantries across the region.