Due to the ongoing government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history, over 42 million Americans lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits this November. SNAP, informally known...

Hunger is growing steadily in the United States, but Kent States’ Flashes Fighting Hunger food pantry is a growing local solution. A food security census taken by the Akron Canton Regional Food Bank...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...