By Josephine Norris, Staff Photographer.
With colder weather fast approaching, many families and students in the area are facing the holidays with empty stomachs. Professor Amber Johnson, an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Delta College and Dean of Students at Bay City Academy, is seeking to change that.
“We wanted to give students a chance to know and understand the sense of emotional well being that naturally comes from helping others. What better way to do this than to have students give to other students?” As a result, she has started the “Student 2 Student” food drive through Bay City Academy’s middle and elementary school to benefit Delta College’s students through the student food pantry.
“Not only are we hoping to ease student stress of worrying about having enough food to eat, which would trump worrying about academic goals, we want Delta students to know that students of BCA are proud of their efforts to further their education and that our school community cares,” said Johnson.
The Delta Student food pantry, located in the West Courtyard, is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. as well as by appointment. The phone number for the pantry is 989-686-9747.
Some food pantries and soup kitchens in the area include:
Midland:
Caregiving Network
607 Gordon St.
Midland, MI
989-837-9757
Midland County Emergency Food Pantry
503 Saginaw Rd.
Midland, MI
989-486-9393
Bay City:
Good Samaritan Rescue Mission
713 9th St.
Bay City, MI
989-893-5973
American Red Cross
228 Washington Ave.
Bay City, MI
989-892-1541
Bay Area Social
Intervention
515 Adams St.
Bay City, MI
989-894-2991
Saginaw:
Old Town Christian Outreach Soup Kitchen
600 Gratiot Avenue
Saginaw, MI
(989) 249-8696
East Side Soup Kitchen
940 E Genesee
Saginaw, MI
989-755-3663
City Rescue Mission of Saginaw
1021 Burt St.
Saginaw, MI
989-752-6051
