{"id":1187,"date":"2022-01-14T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2022-02-08T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T22:24:28","slug":"tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/","title":{"rendered":"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Texas Southmost College and Walmart on Boca Chica Blvd. in Brownsville partnered once again to host a grab-n-go food distribution event to help students curb hunger during final exams and the holiday season.<\/p>\n

The event, second of its kind for the college, is made possible through a $1,200 Walmart Community Grant awarded to the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so excited to have received this grant for a second time and to be working with Walmart again,\u201d said Abigail Folker, TSC AmeriCorps Volunteers in Services to America (VISTA) retention specialist. \u201cFood insecurity is prevalent among college students across the nation. This event means a lot to us and our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the event, 200 bags of groceries filled with non-perishable canned foods, soups, fruits, vegetables, snack items and juices, were given to students.<\/p>\n

For Erica Gonzalez, a General Studies student at TSC, this food means she will not have to worry where her and her family\u2019s next meal will come from.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long four months since my dad lost his job,\u201d said the Harlingen native. \u201cIn this moment we are struggling, and most times barely have enough money for food. We don\u2019t always know where our next meal will come from.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old, who often attends class on an empty stomach, added that she appreciates everything TSC does to help its students because it allows them to find the strength to keep going knowing that someone cares.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event was a great opportunity for all students. It doesn\u2019t only help us, but also our families,\u201d said Gonzalez. \u201cThank you to everyone who made it possible for me to help mine. The food has gone a long way and I\u2019m so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Folker said this grant came at just the right time \u2013 before finals and around the holidays.<\/p>\n

She added that in a recent study done for TSC by The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University, more than 50% of TSC students worry about not having enough money to buy food so many of them skimp on meals or don\u2019t eat at all.<\/p>\n

Folker\u2019s work at TSC is focused on alleviating the effects of poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here to help students succeed and if that means providing food and meals, then that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m glad we\u2019re building partnerships within our communities, like we have with Walmart, to help make this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas Southmost College and Walmart on Boca Chica Blvd. in Brownsville partnered once again to host a grab-n-go food distribution event to help students curb hunger during final exams and the holiday season. The event, second of its kind for the college, is made possible through a $1,200 Walmart Community Grant awarded to the college. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students - News and Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Texas Southmost College and Walmart on Boca Chica Blvd. in Brownsville partnered once again to host a grab-n-go food distribution event to help students curb hunger during final exams and the holiday season. The event, second of its kind for the college, is made possible through a $1,200 Walmart Community Grant awarded to the college. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News and Events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T14:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-08T22:24:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-14T14:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-08T22:24:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":415,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2022\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/\",\"name\":\"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students - News and Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-14T14:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-08T22:24:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":199},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/14\\\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/\",\"name\":\"News and Events\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tsc.edu\\\/news-and-events\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students - News and Events","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students","og_description":"Texas Southmost College and Walmart on Boca Chica Blvd. in Brownsville partnered once again to host a grab-n-go food distribution event to help students curb hunger during final exams and the holiday season. The event, second of its kind for the college, is made possible through a $1,200 Walmart Community Grant awarded to the college. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/","og_site_name":"News and Events","article_published_time":"2022-01-14T14:00:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-08T22:24:28+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students","datePublished":"2022-01-14T14:00:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-08T22:24:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/"},"wordCount":415,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2022","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/","name":"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students - News and Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-14T14:00:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-08T22:24:28+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/TSC-Food-Distribution-300x200-1.jpg","width":300,"height":199},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/14\/tsc-walmart-fight-hunger-for-struggling-students\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TSC, Walmart fight hunger for struggling students"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/","name":"News and Events","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}