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Make a Difference Day: Lending a helping hand in Portage County

Emilio Hernandez and Michael Neenan October 22, 2024

National Make a Difference Day is an event on the fourth Saturday of October where volunteers across the nation work to make a positive change in the community. This year, Kent State partnered with multiple...

Pop-up pantry brings Homecoming spirit downtown

Sydney Brown, KSTV Reporter September 26, 2024

During the week leading up to Homecoming, the Kent City Health Department and Kent State's Flashes Fighting Hunger teamed up to bring free meal bags to the city. Outside of the Kent City Health Department,...

The CARES Center is located in The Student Center.

Professors work to better understand student needs, resource accessibility with study

Lauren Bischof, Reporter May 7, 2024

More than four million students are food insecure across colleges and universities in the United States, according to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study.  Professors Alyssa Anderson and Jennifer...

KentWired Illustration by Allie Black

Flashes Fighting Hunger expands to meet demands

Bristol Lily, Reporter March 5, 2024

Since its launch in 2021, Flashes Fighting Hunger has increased its outreach with the CommUNITY Lab pantry and the Flashes Fighting Hunger mobile pantry. The CommUNITY Lab pantry serves students part...

Volunteers sort through items on Feb. 9, 2024, at the Flashes Fighting Hunger pantry in the Tai-towers rotunda.

Flashes Fighting Hunger takes on food insecurity

Bristol Lily, Reporter February 23, 2024

Normally the university is against fighting, except when it comes to the fight against hunger. Since 2017, the university has operated Flashes Fighting Hunger, a food pantry for students and community...

Flashes Fighting Hunger seek student volunteers

Leah Shepard, Reporter January 26, 2024

Flashes Fighting Hunger, Kent State’s student-powered organization dedicated to fighting food insecurity and food waste, is seeking student volunteers for the MLK Family Engagement event at the King...

Pantry manager Abby Fife (left) and kitchen manager Lila Ferry (right).

Flashes Fighting Hunger works to feed Kent community

Chloe Harich, Reporter October 5, 2023

Flashes Fighting Hunger is a volunteer organization run by students to promote food security.  The organization started in 2011 when students started making hot meals to give out to organizations....

How changes to SNAP benefits impact the Kent community

April 25, 2023

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have decreased to pre-pandemic levels in March, and Portage County residents are starting to see the effects. For years, many Ohioans have been...

Local food pantries brace for increased demand as SNAP benefits come to an end

Alton Northup, Reporter March 12, 2023

Local food pantries may soon see a surge in demand for their services after pandemic-era SNAP benefits come to an end. A temporary boost to SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, was put in place...